Photos: Sights and Delights at the Altamont Fair
As the Altamont Fair opened on Tuesday Morning, August 16, the vast array of things that can be seen at the week long fair.
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The flocks are back: This chicken looks out from his cage in the poultry barn on the opening day of the Altamont Fair Tuesday after a year off due to the avian flu epidemic.
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Happy feet: Amanda Terhune cleans the feet of her chicken, Blonde, a Buff Orpington, inside the poultry barn Tuesday morning at the Altamont Fair.
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Pep talk: Jessica Bosley tells her horse, Charlie, to stop biting on his new bit. They were entered in the 17-and-under fitting and showmanship competition on Tuesday morning at the Altamont Fair.
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Kid friendly: On Tuesday afternoon at the Altamont Fair, kids and parents alike stopped by the petting zoo to feed carrots to Twigg, the giraffe, as he eagerly put his head down to scoop them up with his purple tongue.
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Nervous hands: A little boy attempts to give Twigg a carrot on Tuesday afternoon at the Altamont Fair.
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Try this? After seeing a baby donkey rip at a cornstalk outside its pen, this family picked off an ear to feed it. Baby animals are a new attraction at the Altamont Fair.
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How you doin’? This little piggy sticks his snout outside his pen by the Circus Museum on Tuesday afternoon while a worker uses string to spell “Wilbur,” the name of the pig in E. B. White’s classic children’s book, “Charlotte’s Web.”
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Spin cycle: A dozen fairgoers take a wild ride at the Altamont Fair on Tuesday afternoon after a quick rainstorm ripped through Altamont.
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Looking to the clouds: A little firefighter takes a spin on a colorful merry-go-round horse on Tuesday afternoon at the Altamont Fair.
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Udderly fun: Two kids lie and laugh on top of one of their cows, as a passer-by gives a quizzical look on opening day of the Altamont fair.
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“I’m coming to get you” says this girl’s face as she heads towards a friend to run into with her bumper car on Tuesday afternoon.
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With a look of joy, this boy rides in a vintage bumper car on Tuesday afternoon at the Altamont Fair.