The fair parades through Raleigh each year, and it is one week when hardly anyone is wondering what to do for entertainment. The plethora of possibilities for fun at the State Fair is enough to keep anyone busy for hours. Each year, the fair offers the same events and sights, but somehow it never grows old.
First stop has to be the animal barns.
The host of barn animals is a delight for any suburbanite who cannot have a goat or cow of his or her own in the back yard. Next is the army of food stands that line the dusty pathways, vying to appeal to the stomachs of the crowd. The smell of grease permeates the fair and makes many want to eat Polish sausages, blooming onions and funnel cakes. It's wise to enjoy any fair rides before consuming mass quantities of greasy food. The rides at the fair are always whirling contraptions of shaky metal that fill the air with screams of delight.