Tina Does ZooBoo!

Last night, Tina was privileged to attend ZooBoo, an event hosted by the Fresno Chaffee Zoo where kids come out in full Halloween costume to trick-or-treat at merchant booths. Tina got to hang out with the crew from both the Clovis and River Park Chipotle Mexican Grill.

Instead of candy, this year Chipotle opted to hand out little bookmarks embedded with the restaurant's signature ingredient: cilantro. The kids (and parents) could soak the bookmarks in water and plant them to watch their own cilantro grow.

A great time was had by all. If you live in the Fresno/Clovis area and have young children, the ZooBoo is a great, safe trick-or-treating event for the whole family. It is going on next weekend, 10/28-29 from 5-8 at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo. Find more info on the zoo's website!

Tina Goes Back to School!

Tina goes back to Julie's roots at a local high school football game.

Tina Goes to the Fair! (pt 6)

This is Part 6! Read from Part 1!

Tina was nearing the end of her day at the Fair when she stopped in to the Agriculture building to check out some of the best the Central Valley has to offer. Here we poses with a selection of garlic grown locally in Colinga, CA

Right next door was a display of the many (many, many) varieties of grapes grown in the Central Valley.

And just look at all of those apples!

Tina even found the Queen Bee! Can you find her?

Tina's last stop was in the Home Arts building to check out the lovely quilts...

And beautiful table displays!

This concludes Tina's trip to the fair. Be sure to check out all the previous posts to see where else Tina has been. Also check out Tina's first post to see a schedule of upcoming events that Tina/Ted will be attending. If you know of a good place for Ted or Tina to visit near the Central Valley, leave your suggestion in the comments below.

Thanks!

Tina Goes to the Fair! (pt 5)

This is Part 5! Read from Part 1!

On her journey through the fair grounds, Tina made a quick stop in the Gen and Minerals Building. Here you can see personal collections of minerals...

Rocks...

And jewlery!

On her way out of the Gem and Minerals building, Tina stopped to check out the Mexican Rodeo Horses on parade.

Tina stopped inside the Art building to compare the professional art to the student work she saw earlier. Those kids are well on their way to being part of the big Art building!

Among the paintings, drawings, and photos, Tina found some pretty incredible sculptures.

Tina Goes to the Fair! (pt 4)

This is Part 4! Read from Part 1!

Tina moved from the Rainforest to Junior Exhibits to see what the kids are into these days. She saw lots of high school art projects

But her favorite thing was the handmade wooden rocking cow.

Speaking of cows...

Tina saw more than enough cows at the Livestock Pavilion. Here, 4-H kids showcase their animals for prizes, and some of them enter their animals into the Fair's annual livestock auction.

The kids also show goats, sheep, and swine.

In another part of the Pavilion, baby chicks were hatching and beginning their wee lives

Among the baby animals was a brand new little of baby pigs!

Tina Goes to the Fair! (pt 3)

This is Part 3! Read from Part 1!

Tina's ventured out of the Greenhouse and into the Rainforest at the Big Fresno Fair, hoping to catch a glimpse of some exotic animals. Here she is visiting her freshwater cousin, the Red-Eared Slider!

There were some impressive butterfly collection displays

And a little tree frog!

This little guy was sleeping, but still pretty cool!

The macaws were super beautiful and super loud. Tina wondered why they sat on their branches all day long without being tied down.

Finally, Tina got to check out this baby crocodile!

Tina Goes to the Fair! (pt 2)

This is Part 2! Check out Part 1!

Tina's favorite bonsai trees are the ones with fruit! Here is a pomegranate bonsai. The seeds inside are regular sized, and the tiny fruit only holds less than 20 of them.

Next on Tina's tour of the Greenhouse at the Big Fresno Fair is the cactus and succulent section.

Entries include singular plants and rock garden dishes.

Behold, the dangers of getting too close to the cactus! Don't get stuck like Tina did!

Tina also took a little detour to check out the fish bowl gardens, which do not necessarily have to include cacti

On her way out of the building, Tina stopped to smell the flowers. That day's daily flowers to be exact: roses, both regular and miniature. You can just see the little smile on her little turtle face!

Tina Goes to the Fair! (pt 1)

Every year, Ted and Tina's family/handlers work at the Big Fresno Fair. This year, Tina was lucky enough to take a walk around the grounds.

Obviously, the first stop for any morning fair-goer must be the Country Fair Cinnamon Roll stand. Julie orders an original roll with cream cheese frosting, while B (of http://cachingontheroad.blogspot.com/) LOVES getting a plain original roll extracted from the very center of the pan.

Here is a face frequent readers may recognize, although most of the time only her hands were in the photos. Jenny was Ted's handler on his cross-country trip. She also is the superintendent of the Greenhouse at the Fair. She took a break off from being busy busy busy to give Tina a tour.

The Greenhouse is split into two halves, a professional side and a student side. All the plants on the student side are available for bidding. Here Tina surveys the plants for sale, although she was not too fond of the dry plants. The Greenhouse doesn't showcase aquatic plants (yet).

The Greenhouse also houses a domestic bird display from Whitie's Pets. The yellow bird in this photo was kind of a staff favorite, he only had one leg. He was still very happy and active, though. Tina thought he was a trooper!

Tina got to experience the joys of bonsai at the Fair: being small enough that they ALMOST look like real trees!

Tina even found something smaller than she is! The miniature flower arrangements!

Stay tuned for part 2!

Meet Tina! (and upcoming events)

Tina is the newest addition to our little stuffed traveling family. Tina the Traveling Turtle is Ted's brand new girlfriend (although she has been on a few outings prior to this posting). At the moment, Ted is on a mission to infiltrate the local high school cafeteria kitchen, so Tina is updating the blog for him.

Tina is a genuine BLUE sea turtle, hailing from Pismo Beach, CA, just like Ted. They met in the local kite shop, while checking out some pretty rad photo magnets and beach toys. Although she loves Ted very much and will be very sad to leave him, Tina is destined to join the company of T&B of http://cachingontheroad.blogspot.com/ . Tina will then be providing regular updates to this blog while Ted and his good buddies (Julie and C) are studying hard and working hard, respectively.

UPCOMING TINA & TED EVENTS:

Pre-Thanksgiving (tenative): Tina will(/may) be traveling to the Oregon coast to visit Julie's aunts recently built house.
Thanksgiving: Ted & Tina will travel to beautiful Bakersfield to spend time with Julie and C's family
Pre-Christmas: Ted or Tina will be flying all the way to gorgeous MEXICO, crossing international borders for the VERY FIRST TIME! Yay!
New Years: Tina will be leaving with T&B for about 6 months, Ted may be traveling to celebrate New Years Eve in the OC :)

If you can think of any places Ted and/or Tina should visit, either around the Central Valley or across the country, submit your suggestions in the comments!