Minnesota State Fair

Yesterdy we woke up and thought, lets get together with a few of our neighbors:



Yes, the Minnesota State Fair is huge and crowded and extravagant and quite amazing. We live two blocks from the free shuttle parking lot, so we took the free shuttle to the fair. I imagine the average weight gain for the State of Minnesota these two weeks is about seven pounds:







Or the Deep-fried Spam, or the Hot Dish on a stick, or the funnel cakes covered in Bavarian Cream and Chocolate Sauce. The food was uniformly bad for you, but it tasted great. Grace went on lots of rides, including the river rapid ride with Aimee:



Clucked at the chickens:


And Grace had her face painted:



To see some other photos from the fair, click here: http://picasaweb.google.com/nappell/MNStateFair02