We also remember flying cars, flaming cars but that vision remains vague. See the two-headed snake, someone hawks on the way past booths of crafts from Mexico and Guatemala to the agricultural demonstrations behind. It s hard not to leave with a piglet under one arm a pink pet to take home and name Wilbur. Common Ground Country Fair Maine Hwy. It is fair to say that the Common Ground Fair is unique.
Food booths take up about half the fair.
There might be no sugar, but there is no lack of sweetness in the waffles topped with blueberries, whipped cream and maple syrup. There might be no preservatives, but there are delicious smoked foods. There s corn and roasted chicken and stir fries and baked potatoes and soups and stews and chili, and . . . A favorite activity is watching the children demonstrate their animals. There are sheep dog trials, judging of lambs and goats, and more rabbits of more kinds than most of us ever knew existed.