Yesterday my wife, daughter and I went to the Minnesota State Fair. We did our usual thing of driving to the shuttle lot by the Mall of America and headed up on the shuttle bus. This year we bought tickets in advance, and darn glad we did as the lines to buy tickets at the gate were about 30 minutes long.
Our first stop was the All-You-Can-Drink Milk Barn then sought a place to sit and eat lunch as it was 12:30. Yes, we got a late start. Unfortunately, the first place we stopped to eat did not have the deep-fried chocolate covered sushi on a stick.
After lunch, and a second shot at the Milk Barn, we began our quest for fun, which isn’t very difficult.
First stop was the AM1280 patriot booth, where the NARN was broadcasting live. Ed and Mitch were on deck and working the audience. Somehow they managed to pick the one Moonbat in the crowd for a long diatribe which was entertainingly laughable. It’s amazing how gullible some people are. Until you realize that they are the same ones that have accepted Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth as gospel.
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We then ducked around the Horticulture building seeking a snack and found the apiary display and honey ice cream. Beekeeping is something that interests me so we picked up some info and a dish of ice cream. IN the Horticulture building there were a number of displays on prairie development as well as agriculture and gardening.
From there we strolled down one of the main drags looking, and finding cheese curds and one of Sue’s favorite radio stations. No, not Air America, but one of those FM Rock and Roll stations. Sue was after the freebies. They didn’t know where to find the deep-fried chocolate covered sushi on a stick.
We stopped by the Norm Coleman booth and filled out a survey and chatted with the volunteers and getting directions to the GOP booth. They also didn’t know where to find the deep-fried chocolate covered sushi on a stick.
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Eventually we meandered into the GOP where Sue and Anna kicked back and relaxed while I filled out the straw poll and then bought some chocolate chop cookies at Sweet Martha’s next door. Talk about a big bucket of cookies. Good too. We spent a chunk of time chatting with some folks in the GOP booth and eating a few cookies, before heading over to the livestock barns to see the sheep, cows, horse and other critters.
Still no sign of the elusive deep-fried chocolate covered sushi on a stick.
There we met some folks that breed alpacas, something I am interested in getting into and took some cow quizzes.
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After that, it was back to the Milk Barn and then over to the “Miracle of Birth” barn where they have newly hatched chicks, and newborns of all types, including piglets, sheep and cows. A very interesting display and worth touring through.
By this time it was time to head home as we were beat. We decided two things for next year: take a couple of days off and go during the week and spend two days at the fair. There just isn’t enough time to see it all in one day.
Oh, yeah, we also walked by the Al Frankenstein booth.
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Maybe next year we’ll find the deep-fried chocolate covered sushi on a stick.
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