Day 12

Newberry Springs, off Route 66

copyright Jennifer Geisert

And now for a shameless plug:

If you're in the southern California area, and you're headed to the Orange County Fair anytime between now and August 3rd, swing by the visual arts building and check out the photography section. There you shall find the above photograph, taken by myself, Jennifer Geisert, and a blue ribbon. (Yay!!) You shall also find my other entry, entitled Sown, which has been blogged some time ago.

I have only entered the Orange County Fair once before. I think I was in 1st or 3rd grade, and I wrote a short story to go along with a computer "animated" (or as animated as anything on a Commodor from the '80's could be) picture. I think it was about a castle and a prince and princess. It probably wasn't me that entered the fair, probably someone did it for me, most likely without my knowing. Anyway, my story won 3rd place, and I was given $5.00. My dad, who at the time was writing short stories, told me that that was more money than he'd ever made from a piece of writing.

So anyway, go to the fair! If visual art isn't your thing, maybe Alaskan pig racing is. They've got that there too. They also have deep-fried pickles this year, from what I've heard.

Expect another shameless plug in a few days...