Transplanted Alaskan: MN state fair

I went over to MN today to go to the State Fair with my Aunt and a friend of hers. It was a perfect day for the fair. Not hot, maybe about 75? Not humid and a nice breeze most of the time. Oh, and a lot of people but not a huge crowd. You could always find a bench to sit on and there were no lines for the rest rooms.

I ate or tasted the following.
Fried Walleye, Pronto Dog ( like a corn dog but NOT a corn dog. It's a pronto dog.) (Really, just like a corn dog) Nutella filled crepe, cream puff filled with chocolate, strawberry and vanilla cream ( real whipped cream ) fried cheese curds, key lime pie dipped in chocolate, on a stick of course. I think that was about it other then drinks. Oh, forgot, we went to the dairy barn and got malts.

I bet that this car is a "chick magnet!" I'm sure that the driver has to beat them off with a stick!

Only in a dairy state would you have a butter carving contest!

My Aunt Donna on the left and her friend Sharon on the right. My Aunt has been friends with Sharon since the 5th grade. She is a lot of fun. She also really helped out my Aunt when my Grandma passed away last week. My Grandma on my Dads side passed back in August and then my Grandma on my Moms side passed away last week. I have no Grand Parents now. It was nice having them for so long in my life. I was lucky that way.

Why you just got to love the MN state fair! I think you could even get it on a stick!

This one was born a few days ago. Can you say "Ouch, I have a stiff neck?"

This little lamby-kin is only a few hours old. Very unstable on her little legs. Whenever she found the teat the people would cheer, when she fell, a groan was heard.

These little piggies are only a few hours old. They had a live camera on them. While we were looking at some of the other expecting moms they announced that the next little pig that was just born was stillborn. You could hear the sad groan from all the people watching.

We stopped and watched Native American Dancers. Kind of made me home sick. It was kind of like but not, like Alaskan Native Dancers.

We walked and walked and walked. When we were done we took the sky ride back to the start of the fair. It was less then 5 minute ride but saved us about 20 minutes of walking. We were walked out!