Town #24 Orange

Saturday, September 20, 2008
Chip's Restaurant * Orange Country Fair

We decided to take advantage of one of the many county/country fairs in Connecticut in September and October, and chose the one in Orange. We found Chip’s Restaurant in a list of diners in CT and decided to eat there instead of at the pancake breakfast at the country fair. Chip's' specialty is pancakes—40 kinds! We obliged and ignored the eggs benedict this time. Bob had bacon buttermilk pancakes and I had oat and banana pancakes. The boysenberry and apricot syrups were delicious. (Jan)

The country fair was five minutes from Chip’s and this was a good fair to attend. When we got there we found that the pancake breakfast offered at the fair was put on by Chip’s! Oh well. We watched tractor pulls and horse pulls most of the morning. The first tractor pulls were the Junior category, kids as young as third grade! They were great! The horse pulls got up to pulling 2400 pounds before we moved on. We looked at the antique tractors and visited the animal, homing and show pigeon, and reptile barns. We stayed to watch two homing pigeons released. We briefly watched the women’s skillet toss. For lunch we had pulled pork sandwiches and fries, and soon after, a dish of chocolate ice cream. We visited the judging barns for flowers, crafts, photography, and baked goods, then the arts and crafts for sale tent. We arrived at 8:50 and left at 3:30. (unknown cost for breakfast and fair food, $14 for fair admission) (Bob)