Monday, September 7, 2009

Minnesota State Fair

On Friday, September 4, my family, my parents-in-law from Iowa and I spent the day at the Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul just 20 minutes north of Eagan. We ate funny foods, rode thrilling rides, saw farm animals, and walked and walked and walked!


Our 9 year old tried hand milking a cow outside the cow barns.






The art building is a fun place to look at paintings, photographs, sculptures and other art media. Lots of ribbon winners in there!

20 comments:

Olivier said...

une traie en plein milieu d'une rue, c'est assez rare ;)

B SQUARED said...

I love these fairs. It is a whole new world to me.

Kate said...

You covered all the activities at the Fair fairly well! Good job; come see mine, too!

Lowell said...

You lucky dog! Or something. One of the things I do miss about Minnesota is the Minnesota State Fair...we'd never miss it when we were teenagers and young adults...

Then we moved away...

Glad you had a good time. Milking a cow is hard work...hope your daughter didn't strain her hand!

Have a great Labor Day, and don't belabor the fact you have to go back to work tomorrow!

Kavita Saharia said...

Eating fun food,milking the cow,visiting art building....must have been a lot of fun.Thanks for sharing.

Gabriele said...

Wenn ich die HotDogs sehe bekomme ich gleich Appetit....foot long bedeutet das extra large?
Ich hoffe Du hast einen für mich mitgegessen:-)

Rob said...

Fun at the fair. My favorite food is the Italian eggrole from Vescio's stand.

Good to meet you last week. We're all about exploring and photographing with friendly bantering while learning new tips and techniques together.

Unknown said...

mmm hot dogs!

Livio Bonino said...

hi Lief, thanks for visiting my blog and for your kind comment.

Tussy said...

I like art exhibition.

Kaori said...

Great pictures! Fairs are so much fun! I miss elephant ears :)

Julie ScottsdaleDailyPhoto.com said...

state fairs are always fun. I was an FFA girl growing up so I really enjoyed state fairs. I liked the Indian fry bread though instead of corn dogs.

VP said...

Everything is nice, I'm not sure about milking a cow, but I'm sure about trying the foot long hot dog!

Danial Bigham said...

This part of minnesota state fair that milch cow is attractive.

Unseen Rajasthan said...

Wow the festival is so lovely !! Really loved the shots !! Thanks for sharing the beauty with us..Unseen Rajasthan

stromsjo said...

This cow must have been very patient to allow all that practicing going on throughout the day. Cowabunga!

Allison said...

100 followers! Way to go Mr. BIG!

Margo said...

I never miss the State Fair. If I told you how many I've attended, you'd know my age. I only missed when the Polio epidemice hit. This one had the best weather ever.

Linda said...

Looks like you could spend weeks here! I'm enjoying your blog - a great discovery.

julia said...

Met at the fair and was a swell afair!