(One of the memorable signs from the Iowa State Fair)
When I announced our move to Iowa on Facebook our good friend Chris replied: "Don't miss the Iowa State Fair!" Chris has a great sense of humor and is deftly sarcastic, so I thought he was joking. Turns out he wasn't. The Iowa State Fair is a big deal, and not just here in the Midwest. People from all over the world come to this annual event. It's even listed in Patricia Schultz's, "1,000 Places to See Before You Die" and was the inspiration for both the musical and movie, "State Fair". This year over a million people attended the fair, including our family of four.
For those of you who didn't make it this year, here are some of the highlights:
Kyle in front of the famous Butter Cow. (Doesn't he look thrilled?)
Kyle perked up once we went to the "Little Hands on the Farm" exhibit, an interactive, farm-to-table, learning experience for kids:
planting seeds
picking green beans
Kyle's harvest
We all really liked the baby animals at the animal learning center. Most of them were only a few days old!
The fair was all about the "biggest" and best. We saw a 1,000 lb pumpkin, the State's Largest Rabbit (20 lbs!), the Super Bull and the Big Boar.
The food at the fair was delicious and by the end of the day, I felt like a BIG PIG myself! The fair is famous for its "food on a stick" and after fried chicken on a stick, a foot long corn dog on a stick, and cajun chicken and onions on a stick, we sampled the quintessential State Fair desserts - deep-fried Twinkie (on a stick!), deep-fried Snickers (0n a stick!), and deep-fried Oreos.
I have to admit, I really liked the Oreos. Thank goodness we did a lot of walking that day! Thank you Chris et al for letting us tag along!
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5 comments:
You are living about as far away from Berkeley as you can get...LOL.
Thanks for sharing, looks like it was a blast!
that is awesome. now you can mark it off the 1,000 places list. :) and your kids are so cute, by the way!
BLEH, the food on a stick? The huge pig? Bleh! The 20 pound bloodsucking monty python rabbit??
I mean, looks like fun in middle America!
I cannot BELIEVE how huge Kyle is. *sniff, sniff*
I would totally try the deep-fried Snickers, but even deep-frying couldn't endear me to a Twinkie.
Everything looks so sparkly and clean in the gardening and animal sections. And there's nothing like baby animals. I'll have to remember to put the fair on my list of things to do (if I ever end up in Iowa . . .)
What fun!!! Love the piglets pic! Hope you are surviving the change. Wish you were closer. We didn't get to see you one last time before you left!
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