Simpson County Fair

While I was out of town for training, Lee told me that the weekend I was coming back there was a fair with a demolition derby not too far from us.  He said it was in Franklin, KY not too far from where we go to the drive-in.  I told him it sounded fun.

We decided to go and invited my brother and sister-in-law to join us.  It was definitely an adventure.  The fair was $10, which is pretty expensive, so we thought it would be decent.  We got there around 4:30 on Saturday figuring it would be pretty busy by then.  We were wrong.  Only a couple hours before the derby started, there were only a few other cars in the parking lot.

We thought we might be in the wrong place, but no, everything was set up and running.  There just wasn't anyone there.  The games were sketchy and most had live animals as pets - lizards, bunnies, fish, turtles - all kinds of stuff.  The games weren't cheap either.  We didn't really play any games.  I'm pretty sure one of the carnies verbally assaulted us because we wouldn't come play.  Also, almost all of the booths had help wanted signs.

We spent a lot of time at the playground next to the fairgrounds because we didn't have anything better to do.  After a while on the swings, people started showing up.  It never really got packed, but people were super excited about the demolition derby.  We got our seats and waited for it to begin.  I had never been to a demolition derby, so it was pretty cool to see it.  The only terrible part was the lawn mower derby.  Who came up with that?  The car heats lasted around 8-10 minutes each, and there were only a few.

The lawn mower derby lasted about an hour.  We would have left, but we wanted to see the finals for the cars.  The finals finally happened and it was pretty cool.  Some people had good strategies, some were just bad and ran themselves onto the concrete blocks.  After the derby was over, we headed home.  The derby was fun, but I don't think I'll be visiting the Simpson County Fair again anytime soon.