I had to turn down Jobe's generous offer of chips

We have just arrived home after finishing off our most expensive meal of the year. Grand total: $19,289.42. It'll take me 92 years to pay this off. When we got home we found not just a toddler, but his two older brothers and his parents. Ever since Caleb started working for Frito Lay, there has been an overabundance of outdated yet still good chips around the house. Jobe had a bag. "Want some, grandpa?" he asked. I had to turn him down. My tummy feels kind of queasy.

In case anyone is wondering, those dark marks on his arm are Alaska Railroad tattoos from our Saturday train/fair excursion.

I was brave, but Margie was afraid of the Ferris wheel.

Those two shot up like they were headed to the moon. "No!" I screamed. I won't go on this ride! Too dangerous! Why don't we just go try the Ferris wheel?" A look of fear overcame Margie. "Ferris wheel? No way! Ferris wheels scare me to death." Well, we are both full so I guess we will just go home. I think we might find a toddler there, waiting for us.

It looked like it could be scary

I thought we should go on at least one ride. "Let's try this one!" Margie suggested. "Well, let me watch one first." I said. "I want to see how it works. I don't want to subject you to undue danger."

Main entrée: steak taco supreme and drinks

Main entrée, plus drinks: Supreme steak taco. Margie didn't want one but said she would have a bite of mine. She had a bite of mine and liked it so much she had to go back and buy one for herself. You can be sure I'm going to get a bite of hers too.

Apache cannot walk by corn fritters

Course 3: because she is Apache, Margie had to get some corn fritters for us. "You better not post this!" she said "my doctor will see I'm eating nothing but carbs!" But then, when you go to the fair with a bonafide photojournalist, what can you expect?