Midwestern county fairs have to be some of the strangest places on the planet. As you walk through the rides and games, you can’t help but feel like you are in a new and strange land. Perhaps that’s the allure of the whole thing.
As I forced myself to walk the worn paths of a local carnival, I must admit that I seriously felt like an outsider–an alien, if you will. But, after viewing these mementos sitting on the shelf in one of the booths, I realized that even aliens must feel like aliens at some point or another.
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