TheBanyanTree: State Fair

[NancyIee at aol.com]

A lot of states have a State Fair. I know in Florida they have one, but  
those people don't know how to put on a State Fair.  It's a collection of  venders 
and food booths and rides and ring toss games.   Minnesota and  Iowa both 
know how to put on a class act State Fair, and this past weekend, I  went to the 
Minnesota State Fair, twelve days of crowds and fun and noise and  fattening 
food on a stick.
 
Pigs, giving birth, the largest boar, at something near half a ton, cows,  
bulls, cows giving birth, horse shows, turkey legs and mini donuts, rides and a  
midway, competition for gardeners, the biggest pumpkin, the best tomatoes,  
butter carving, grandstand shows with country stars, cotton candy, cow poop in  
the street, someone's prize goat getting away and running amok, DNR 
conservation  building with demonstrations, sheep bars, pig barns, poultry barns, my  
granddaughter's rabbit among a thousand other rabbits, a million people,  
builders, machinery hill, dust, art building with quilts and clothing, crop  
displays,  a building with home improvement booths and information,  political 
booths, and a traffic jam coming and going that boggles the  mind.
 
And, that's only the beginning.
 
I walked miles, ate way too much, stayed way too late, got way too much  
sunburn and grit, had a blast, and want to go again.



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