Every year in February there is a Riverside County National Date Festival that takes place in the Coachella Valley. This event goes on for about a week and a half. This is probably one of the biggest events that take place in the valley. There are many things that go on every day in this festival. For instance they have horse racing, monster truck shows, motorcycle shows, they have famous people perform, they also have a hypnotist show and other exciting things.
I have gone to the Date Festival every year since I can remember. Usually I go with my family because there are so many things to do and it is a perfect place to spend some quality time with them. But this year I chose to go with my two best friends that I have here at Cal State San Bernardino. It was very exciting that I got to spend a whole day with them not having to worry about school or getting any homework done. We got on many rides like the Crazy Train, the Zipper, Ring of Fire, Fire Ball and many others. Some were really fun but then again there was some that were kind of scary. I think the worst one of all was the Crazy Train because it hurt and it even left some of us bruises. Also we all got matching shirts done. They had our names and NCK on them (NCK stands for Nancy, Cristina, and Karina), and blue stars on around the names. But the best part of the date festival is all the great food or I mean junk food that they have. By the end of the night we all had stomach aches from all the things we had. We had churros, funnel cakes, candy, fruit, and we even went to eat at Del Taco. After all the rides we got on and all the food we ate we called it a night and we all just went home.