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| At the main gate |
We would be remiss if we did not report that on Sunday, we went to the State Fair. Turns out, some 200,000 other people did, too. Fans, that's the largest number of people to attend the fair on one day--ever. It
is "where Minnesota gets together!" The hot temperatures of the preceding week kept people away (one of the lowest daily attendance numbers was recorded Tuesday) and as soon as the heat broke, people broke for the fair--200,000 of them.
That's a lot of people to walk through, Fans. (Julie--who is admittedly not as enthusiastic about the State Fair as other White Housers--might have been going quietly crazy. She may have tried the patience of another, more enthusiastic, fair goer, despite her best efforts to rally. But that State Fair Fan knows, and Julie knows, there's always 2014.)
In any case, there were too many to push through to make it to the John Deere equipment display as we usually do. But we did still manage to do most of our usual things: we went down the Giant Slide, ate Pronto Pups* and Sweet Martha's cookies, had milk shakes at the Moo Booth, and walked through all the animals barns. We also took a ride on the gondola lift--above the 200,000 people.
*For the uninitiated, these are like corn dogs, but with a wheat coating.
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| Enthusiastic State Fair goers |
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| Our Hero east his first Pronto Pup |
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| And shares with Birdie |
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| Birdie checks out some birdies |
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