The Great Allentown Fair in Allentown, PA is one of the very few fairs that I’ll travel out of state for and the last “big” fair I attend each year. Now, at the beginning of the week I didn’t even know if I was going to head over to this as I unfortunately had to put my dog to sleep on Monday. We had a chihuahua that was 15 years old and her numerous ailments finally got the best of her. So needless to say I was kind of bummed and not really in the fairgoing mood. However, as the week went on, I eventually decided to head over on Friday, August 29th.
I left at around 3:30pm and hit a mound of traffic on Route 78. I ended up getting to the fair after 5pm. This time I tried to get field parking offered by the fair, but they reached capacity right as I got there. Luckily there was a lot across the street that was offering $8 for parking, the same as the fair. The midway was done by Powers Great American Midways and had…