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ilovecda: Fair Money Doesn’t So Far

Alright, so what did $55 buy you at the North Idaho Fair and Rodeo in Coeur d'Alene this past weekend? As it turns out, not much. Here's the Lovely Family's tally:

  • 1 Lemonade (to share)
  • 1 kid's sized hotdog, minus the bun
  • 1 gyro with too much lettuce and not enough meat
  • 2 corn dogs
  • 12 tickets for the kiddie rides

Forget the fact that the folks at Huckleberries Online agree that MB is the cutest kid in North Idaho (wink, wink) and we got tickets to get in for free, the Lovely Family is still down $55. Yowza! I remember the days when I could go the fair with little more than $0.25 in my pocket and walk away with a giant stuffed animal, two dead goldfish, cotton candy, puke on my clothes from all the rides, passing out on Dad's shoulder as he carried me into the house/ilovecda.com. More here.

Question: How much did you spend at the North Idaho or Bonner County fairs? Do you consider it to be too much?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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