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A Day of Fairs and Farms Around the Bay

·San Francisco, California·#summer#bay area#family#kids#petting-zoo#2009
A child in a green sweater and pink skirt touches a brown cow's face next to a wooden fence.

A busy summer day back in July 2009. We seemed to cover a lot of ground, jumping between different events. I remember a stop at a local park or farm with a petting zoo. The kids were excited to get up close with the cows, cautiously offering them leaves and stalks of celery over the worn wooden fence.

It was one of those days full of other random sights. We spent a while looking at an old Jeep that was completely covered in colorful Lego blocks—a sign wisely warned against climbing on it. Later, inside some kind of exhibition hall, we came across a small, brightly lit experimental aircraft that had drawn a small crowd.

Of course, there were classic kid activities mixed in, too. We found a beautiful old carousel with painted horses and giraffes, and someone was enjoying some cotton candy. Somewhere along the way, we also stopped for a bit of chalk drawing on the pavement. Just a typical, eclectic day out with family in the Bay Area.

A child stands on a white tarp near a Jeep covered in colorful LEGO bricks, with people and tents behind.A young child in a pink top stands on a paved surface decorated with colorful chalk drawings.A smiling child sits in a red stroller next to a glowing, futuristic machine with a stuffed giraffe at an indoor event.A man holding a child feeds a brown cow a leaf, with other people and trees in the background.A woman eats pink cotton candy inside a brightly lit carousel with other blurred riders.A person in a cap holds a child looking left, who holds a green stalk next to a wooden post outdoors.Two adults and two children hold celery stalks while standing by a wooden fence with green trees.A child in a green sweater leans on a wooden fence, holding a leaf out to an animal enclosure.

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