Britta Rae: the great minnesota get together! part one

Monday, September 5, 2011

the great minnesota get together! part one

I cannot describe to you how wonderful and magical the Minnesota State Fair is. Unless you’ve been you just can’t appreciate the awesomeness to the level to those who have, but today I’m going to try to describe it to you ;) Last Friday my parents and I got to the fair around 9:00 via the brilliant Park & Ride state fair bus system from our church. The first thing you MUST do is have your cheese curds from the food building for breakfast. It’s truly the breakfast of champions, guys. Next, grab your map and coupon book for $5 at an information stand for super wonderful savings at about 50 different businesses. Check out the Creative Activity building for arts and crafts projects from all around the state with traditional blue, red, white and honorable mention ribbons on them. My grandfather is an alumni of the blue ribbon club from about 20 years ago when he would enter cute little wooden animals he would carve in his shop. This year my aunt also joined the club with a collage of Christmas cards from the 1930’s. The blue ribbon prize? A whopping $8! It’s cute little kitschy things like that that make the state fair what it is. Among many food stops (I ate cheese curds, Sweet Martha’s chocolate chip cookies, fried pickles, french fries, a pickle on a stick, walleye on a stick, a Jamaican meat patty, an apple popsicle, a deep fried candy bar and 3 glasses of beer—everyone binges, okay? And this is all you eat that day) we also stopped at the many vendors selling their trades, the miracle of life barn—full of baby cows, pigs, chicks ect., a couple free outdoor concerts/events including Garrison Keillor and Vocal Essence and a couple times down the giant slide and the space needle. I even went to Fan Central at 2PM and visited my old boss at the Minnesota Wild, Chuck Fletcher. Overall, it was a wonderful day! I will for sure make it back every year from Chicago!