The South Florida Fair held in West Palm Beach Florida is still going strong and you can still take part in all the action until February 3, 2008 so head on over to the fair. Even if you don't like the rides and the fair food there are fun shows there this year including animal exhibits and a magic/illusion show that actually is quite good. 

We spent the day at the South Florida Fair for our Palm Beach County Homeschool Fair Day. It was really fun. Nestor, Tristan, my daughter Milet and her baby Aylandra all went together and met up with our homeschool friends.

At the Showgrounds they also have the Yesteryear Village which is a period representation of life in the days before there was electricity and you cooked mostly over an open fire. It just so happened that when we were there we got to watch the reenactment of many activities such as making breakfast here complete with pancakes, potatoes and bacon cooked on cast iron skillets over the open fire. See the lady cooking is even dressed in period clothing.

We also saw how they made homemade ice cream back in the old days. It was quite a system they had going here. You can also buy the homemade ice cream fresh at the South Florida Fair Yesteryear Village.

Next we saw the post office with all sorts of antique artifacts from the pony express days. There was a sign in the post office that said you will get your mail in about 3 months time. The kids had fun looking into the postal mail boxes and peaking through the old window.

Here is Tristan ringing the old school bell. I could not get a good photo of the old school house but it was a one room school with all ages put together. That was a good thing, I can attest to that. When my first set of 5 kids were all small the younger ones learned so much from watching the older ones learn and do things at their level. I always taught at the higher levels and the smaller children would desire to catch up to their older siblings. I did not even have to teach my younger two children how to read, they learned on their own and from their older brothers.

When was the last time you saw an old 1924 American La France Fire Engine? There are only a three of these in America right now and the Yesteryear village has one of them. I could not imagine having to be a fire man on this fire engine as one person had to hand crank the siren the whole time! My arm would get so tired! Oh, we sometimes take for granted how easy we really have it!

Here is an old 1935 Ford police car. This older man you see in the photo was so proud of his 'toys' he gets to be the caretaker of.

The old church is down the way a bit and then there is a old camp reenactment which also kept the children's interest.

As we headed for the exhibit halls we came upon the petting zoo. Tristan loves to feed the goats, llamas and other friendly animals they had here. 

There are a lot of great community exhibits and the 4H club had a great exhibition hall. We saw cows, sheep, chickens, roosters, rabbits and horses. We also saw this wonderful Orchid Exhibit, if you would like to see the beautiful orchids I have them posted here.

The kids got to take a quick break and jump in a sandbox filled with corn kernels.

In the main exhibition hall they had a shark encounter exhibit which was a bit hokey as we have been to SeaWorld and Tristan just took a class on sharks at the West Palm Beach Science Museum which was way better!

But the Sea Lion show was a blast. I don't really think anyone can ruin a sea lion show. Sea lions are quite entertaining in their own right.

The bee exhibit was very interesting for kids and adults alike.

What Fair or show anywhere in Palm Beach County would be complete without a boat for sale!

So head on over to the South Florida Fair in West Palm Beach at the fairgrounds right off of Southern Blvd about a 10 minute drive from Wellington Florida.

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