{"id":1511,"date":"2011-07-23T12:34:30","date_gmt":"2011-07-23T20:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/w\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2011-07-29T09:17:27","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T17:17:27","slug":"2011-7-23-california-state-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/?p=1511","title":{"rendered":"2011.7.23 &#8211; California State Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I visited the California State Fair today in Sacramento.  There were a lot of food vendors and nice exhibits everywhere.  There was also a big carnival rides area.  My favorite part though, was the petting zoo.  I got to pet and feed the animals.<\/p>\n<p>First I looked at them to make sure they were going to play nice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/?attachment_id=1509\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1509\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2602blog-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2011.7.23 - Looking at the goat\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2602blog-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2602blog-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2602blog-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2602blog.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then I went in with some food, and I think they all liked that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/?attachment_id=1510\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1510\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2601blog-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2011.7.23 - Feeding all the animals\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2601blog-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2601blog-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2601blog-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2601blog.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I know this goat really liked me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/?attachment_id=1508\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1508\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2610blog-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2011.7.23 - Feeding the goat\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2610blog-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2610blog-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2610blog-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2610blog.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CpugAtakqbA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Un3XZOS-DtY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B9zSTPJ1274?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Did you notice I was trying to push the goat at 0:40 in the above video?<\/p>\n<p>I even gave some a hug since they were being so nice to me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/?attachment_id=1506\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1506\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2620blog-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2011.7.23 - Hugging the animal\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2620blog-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2620blog-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2620blog-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2620blog.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think this goat was pooping.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/?attachment_id=1507\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1507\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2616blog-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2011.7.23 - What was that?\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2616blog-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2616blog-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2616blog-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2616blog.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I saw some baby piglets.  They were born earlier in the day.  Here they are with their mommy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Odsj54enKxc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The weather was nice and warm, and with all the activities today, I was thirsty.  I had my bottle of water and drank it all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/?attachment_id=1505\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1505\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2647blog-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2011.7.23 - Drinking Water\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2647blog-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2647blog-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2647blog-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_2647blog.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I visited the California State Fair today in Sacramento. There were a lot of food vendors and nice exhibits everywhere. There was also a big carnival rides area. My favorite part though, was the petting zoo. I got to pet and feed the animals. First I looked at them to make sure they were going [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1511"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1536,"href":"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions\/1536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathan.siucity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}