Postcards... from the Third Ring of Hell

An observation from the unhealthiest place on earth... the Maryland State Fair.

Postcards from the Maryland Fair… or The Third Ring of Hell…

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Dear Fellow Expat:

Somewhere around 1 pm on Saturday, I made a huge mistake.

My daughter and I boarded the Maryland State Fair “Swing Ride.”

We lifted some 20-30 feet off the ground, and the carousel began.

Within five seconds, everything wrong with my equilibrium accelerated.

Nausea… vertigo… and acrophobia… all hit my central nervous system at once.

The ride lasted about three minutes. It felt like an eternity.

I shut my eyes as my daughter clung to my arm.

And I realized… at that moment… if hell does exist… this is it.

Just a timeless chasm of swinging in a circle, suspended over a massive parking lot full of cotton candy vendors and the smell of cooked turkey legs.