The Zedonk of Beanbag Island

As I’ve mentioned two or five or a hundred times, CJ wants a pet.

The problem is, I’m allergic to cats and most dogs.

So… I’m thinking I’ll get him a zedonk.

“A ze-WHAT?” you ask…

A ZEDONK.

(emphasis on the DONK)

Oh no, I am not making this up. 

Witness the VERY OFFICIAL sign:

(note: zedonks cannot reproduce)

You want to know what this rare and unique creature looks like, don’t you?

Patience, grasshopper.

First I have to tell the WHOLE story.

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I spent my high school years in Idaho, so fairs are not a mystery to me.

Greasy, fried food that smells so unbelievable you want to gorge yourself. Never mind that you’re SURE to have diarrhea later… it’ll be WORTH it.

The smell of farm animals and hay and exhaust and sweat.

People in tight jeans and cowboy boots with sunburns and acne and mullets.

Old creaky rides that spin and twirl you till you’re ready to throw right up the elephant ear, churro, and WHOLE BAG of caramel corn all over the hay.

Exhibition halls filled with food choppers and hot tubs and MAGIC DEVICES that you need (only you just don’t know it yet).

Ahhh, the fair. 

So when Wendy suggested that CJ and I ferry over to Bainbridge Island and visit their county fair on Friday, I said HECK YEAH!  And is that an elephant ear that I smell?

**on a totally unrelated note, my spell check is asking if I might perhaps mean “beanbag” rather than “bainbridge” which is totally making me giggle.  And now I wish there really was a place called Beanbag Island, because I totally want to go there.**

So we hopped on the ferry, CJ and I, and made our way across the blue waters to Bainbridge (NOT Beanbag) Island.  Wendy picked us up on the other side and we followed the smell of cows and churros to THE FAIR.

Even though global warming seems to be happening everywhere else but here the sun managed to find its way through the clouds and make it feel… one last time… like summer.

We filled our bellies with hot dogs and frozen lemonade and wandered. 

And we saw all kinds of interesting stuff.

CJ was infatuated with the white man who moved when you dropped coins in his bucket.

I preferred the animal barns because there were lots of cute critters in there and also it was SHADY.

(that sun is HOT, when it comes out)

It was in one of those barns that we saw the zedonk.

(I’m NOT making this up!  I’m NOT!)

Apparently one activity that people engage in on Beanbag Island is to have exotic animals (like zebras) mate with not-so-exotic animals (like donkeys).

Can you say THRILLING?!

You saw it here first.

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