California Fair Trip
Continued We left the fair just after lunch and the weather was around 100
degrees. Eighty or so miles later in San Francisco, it was a cool 60 degrees. Needless to say, we froze. We visited Alcatraz, took a trolley ride through the city, admired the Golden Gate Bridge and perused Fisherman’s Warf. The sites were sure something to see and we could have spent a lot more time exploring however, what we did get to see was great! The next morning, while we
This crazy group on a trolley ride in San Francisco!
were boarding the plane, as I was singing my good luck an- them, Carrie Underwood’s, “Jesus Take the Wheel” (did I mention I hate flying,) I reflect- ed back on all the wonderful “moments” we made during our trip to the CSF. According to recent reports, the California State Fair had 572, 250 visitors in attendance this year. The nine days of extreme heat at- tributed to a bit of a decline in
attendance this year as we can vouch for that. Overall, they did a fantastic job trying to keep their visitors
safe and cool with all that planning. It was a pleasure spending time with a group of professional
leaders who enjoy what they do and are without a doubt at the top of their game.
2019 FAIR DATES Jan 17-27 Jan 18-20
Manatee County Fair
Jan 18-Feb 3 South Florida Fair Feb 1-9 Feb 1-10 Feb 7-18 Feb 8-16 Feb 8-16 Feb 8-17 Feb 12-17 Feb 15-23 Feb 16-23 Feb 18-24
FL Ag & Wildlife Expo, Inc. DeSoto County Fair
Charlotte County Fair Florida State Fair
Highlands County Fair Martin County Fair Osceola County Fair Hendry County Fair
Southeastern Youth Fair Hardee County Fair Pasco County Fair
Feb 22-Mar 3 St. Lucie County Fair Feb 25-Mar2 Glades County/Chalo Nitka Feb 28-Mar 10 Florida Strawberry Festival Feb 28-Mar 10 SW FL & Lee County Fair Feb 28-Mar 17 Central Florida Fair
Palmetto Brooksville
W Palm Beach Arcadia
Port Charlotte Tampa Sebring Stuart
Kissimmee Clewiston Ocala
Wauchula Dade City Ft. Pierce
Moore Haven Plant City
N. Ft. Myers Orlando
Mar 1-9 Mar 5-10 Mar 7-12 Mar 8-17 Mar 12-17 Mar 15-25
Sumter County Fair Bradford County Fair
Alachua County Youth Fair Firefighters' Indian Rvr Fair Okeechobee County Fair Collier County Fair
Mar 14-Apr 7* Miami-Dade County Fair Mar 15-23 Mar 15-24 Mar 22-30
Suwannee County Fair Sarasota County Fair Putnam County Ag Fair
Mar 25-Mar 31* Citrus County Fair Mar 28-Apr 6* Santa Rosa County Fair Apr 3-7 Apr 4-7 Apr 4-13 Apr 4-13 Apr 12-20
Flagler County Fair Levy County Fair
Clay County Ag Fair Lake County Fair
Hernando County Fair
Webster Starke
Gainesville Vero Beach Okeechobee Naples Miami
Live Oak Sarasota
East Palatka Inverness Milton
Bunnell Williston
Green Cove Springs Eustis
Brooksville *Check Fair website for dates closed during this period Florida group with CA State Fair manager Rick Pickering
Rhonda Ward, Pat Cookson, and Kathleen Presley with the Collier County Fair pose with the Fair mascot.
The SW FL Fair group on a side trip to Lake Tahoe
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