Yesterday we went to the MN State Fair with Dave's brother, Dan, and our friends Paul and Katie. It was SUCH a great day! My goal was just to go and eat the fair food. ☺ So, I sampled:
- a chili cheese dog and chili cheese fries
- deep fried Oreos
- peach-flavored pig cheeks (I wonder if they were really pig cheeks...)
- corn on the cob
- strawberries with cream
- ribs
- chocolate chip cookies
We also went to the midway, and we rode the Ferris Wheel and the Bumper Boats. We played carnival games, and I won (shocking!) a stuffed frog playing Frog Toss, and I played a kids' fishing game, and I won a ball. (I brought the prizes home to the girls, and they were pretty happy about them. ☺)
I also was run over by a man on a Hover Round. I was taking a picture of Dave and Dan, and then I stepped forward and immediately had my ankle run over. It was both my and the fellow's fault, but boy did it hurt (and it was embarrassing, of course). But things like that can't be avoided when you are at an event with almost 200,000 other people.
If I can get the pictures from Dan I will post some of them.
Your WCCO 6 o'clock news. With Meteorologist Dave S., your co-anchors Paul and Katie, and Dan with Sports.
Enjoying chili cheese
Bumper Boats ~~ We soaked Paul.
I had a hard time steering those things.
Dan and Dave riding the Big Ben power tower.
190,000 people were at the fair. But it didn't seem very busy, surprisingly.
Dave and I were about to play Frog Toss.
I won with my first frog! My prize this stuffed frog that shed on me the rest of the day.
Mr. Pronto Pup.
