Day Seven Sept. 2nd, 2010

Shortest visit yet!  I got off work at 4:30 and told Stella to be ready to jump in the car!  Changed out of work clothes and grabbed a water bottle and off we went to connect with Aunt Kathy (Mom's sister) and her daughter, Stella's Godmother, Becky and her girls.  Always a State Fair tradition!

We got to Mom and Dad's at 5:00 and knew we had to leave again by 6:30 to get to school in time for Stella to do her duties as a member of the National Junior Honor Society, and take new 7th grade families on tours of the school. ( School function?????Don't they know it's the fair?)

We had no phone numbers for the cousins that we needed to connect with so we made a beeline to Mom, who we knew we could find at the bandshell...where else would she be?  Leaving Stella at the back of the crowd, I cruised the aisles to find her.  I usually find her on the first pass, but tonight I made it to the front and was rounding the corner when she quickly stood and waved.  I turned heel and retreated, and as I walked back up the aisle, I was thinking I must really be in the way because ALL of the crowd seemed to be looking at me.  When I got close to Mom she was looking just past my shoulder and I turned around to find, unbeknownst to me, the wireless Bass guitarist and lead singer had jumped off the stage and followed me down the aisle and was right behind me!  I turned and screamed and the crowd roared as he screamed like me!  I think it was funny!

Now, trying to be as little as a girl my size can be in the aisle, already having made a spectacle of myself, I quickly transferred phone numbers to my phone.  I exited the bandshell area and tried to call Becky and got some poor lady in Lincoln who couldn't figure out why people from this area code kept trying to call her!  I then tried Kathy and had her number wrong too.  Back up the aisle I went and got the correct area code for Kathy or so I thought.  WRONG again,  I finally got the numbers and we called and found out they were just up the street.

Becky and Kathy

We caught up with the cousins in the Education building, where the girls were thrilled with the free loot they had collected so far.  They had to show us ALL of it!  We found a few more wheels to spin and pencils to collect when we got the text from Mom she could no longer hold seats, for the talent show was about to start.

Kathy headed off to join Mom and the rest of us girls headed for food. We all needed to eat some dinner and I asked if Spaghetti Eddie's would be good and Camden was very excited, but Riley just wanted steak and potatoes!  (Daddy's girl?)  Her Mother, the Becky I knew, had been a vegetarian most of her life!

Margie, Becky, Stella Camden, Riley

As we headed for a hand washing break we ran into Margie (Mom's other sister) and she suggested we get in line for the free backpack giveaway at the UofMN.  Riley and Camden could not resist!  The line for the packs was two blocks long, but Margie (a veteran fairgoer) knew the lines are sort of a jumbled mass of people and she stayed close to the front of the pack. They were able to get in and out quickly!  I stayed back with the stroller, but sent Stella in to get hers!   As we waited in line the QuitPlan people were giving out water bottles.


Double freebie score!

on a side note; I realized that I just celebrated three years of being a non-smoker yesterday!  It sort of all started at the fair, the virus, the subsequent pneumonia....That Labor Day Weekend I drove myself to urgent care with a 103 fever....seriously!





We got Pizza, pasta and sodas at Spaghetti Eddies and right next to it was the deep fried twinkie booth.  Riley jumped right into the wooden cut out and wanted a picture!  Here I finally have a kid who will stick her head in anything and we can only spend 15 more minutes with her!








Riley needed her steak , but as we walked over to Axel's to get her bull bites, a dark cloud came out of nowhere and the skies opened up, pouring rain and hail!  Stella and I sought shelter under an awning with the girls sealed up in the burly stroller (with a bee BTW) and Becky ran for the beef!





Sadly, as we ate our food out of the rain, Stella and I realized we had 5 minutes to meet Grandpa outside the main gate for our ride to get her to school on time!  The rain was lightening up and with promises of Saturday back at the fair, I kicked off my shoes and we ran all the way back to the main gate.



We spotted Sophie and her boyfriend Dan (more cousins...yes the WHOLE family is at the fair any given day!)  emerging from their port in a storm, O'Gara's Pub!  We did not have time to chat, and kept running!

Just as we were exiting the fair Stella saw the rainbow.  Despite our need to make the light that I could see GREEN in the near distance I made her stop for a picture for the blog!

We did get our hands stamped again..."Just in case!"

We would have returned but realized we did not have the needed sweatshirts!  *sigh* my absolutely favorite Fair weather!  The forecast looks good for it this weekend though!

Day Seven stats:

Walked ??? during the week my pedometer is on work clothes and I forget to change it over!
Food Consumed by the group: Spaghetti, pizza, soda, bull bites.
Free Stuff:  H2O bottle, backpack, assorted pencils, rulers, et al

Still have to see: Fine art and that darn calf!

only three more chances!

Day Six Sept. 1st, 2010

Mom informed me that is was Library Card Day at the fair and I could get in for $6.00.   So I grabbed my card and went to join Mom at the fair for talent shows and the Trampling of Turtles, but as I got to the fair, I learned that is is only $6.00 for senior citizens! I saved a ticket anyway and paid my nine bucks and joined up with Mom.  I had already texted my friend Mary to tell her about the great entrance deal and she was hungry so I convinced her to come to the fair and she made me promise to take her to find turkey sandwiches! Mom had forgotten her regular (not sun) glasses and the sun was setting, so I ran back to their house to meet Mary, get her a parking spot and get the glasses! ( failed to tell Mary it was not $6.00, but she quickly forgave me with turkey on the brain)

Mom was waiting with failing vision as the skies grew darker so Mary and I needed to get food and fast!  Walking at racing speed, we made it all the way down just north of the Coliseum to find the very tastiest, juiciest, turkey sandwiches I have ever had!  I am not a fan of turkey, but since Christie said we must....we did!   and it was as good as she said!  (quite salty though).  Mary got a yummy lemonade to wash it down.

 We then hiked over to the horse barns to find those new favorites, deep fried mashed taters!  Mary bought a stick but there was a long line, waiting for them to get frying, and caught up with orders.  Not quite sure why the back-up???  Some people had been waiting for quite some time so I told Mary to scoot up the hill and get her cream cheese deep fried pickles ( back to that pickle place!  LOL) and she said she'd wait for me there.  I got lucky and was served my order before many others.  Since I was pressed for time I did the "Minnesota Nice" thing and took 'em and ran!  I jogged up to Mary with piping hot taters and she was enjoying her melty, crunchy, pickles.  I am not a fan of pickles, so I did not indulge when offered, but Mary certainly agreed that the taters were something special.

With full stomachs and a stitch in our sides from eating and running, we hiked up to find Mom sitting at the Baldwin park stage, looking like a blind lady on a bench in back!  Phew, we got her her glasses just in time!

Had to be some of the worst talent yet, tonight.  (sorry if you were one of them!) There were two little girls who sang a duet who were amazing, and guy who did a tap dance or clogging routine (wasn't really sure) that I liked.  We all agreed that the outfits of choice for most all of the performers left much to be desired!  Not sure who won since we didn't stick around to see the end!  Mary, Mom and I were like Sharon, Hasselhoff and the British guy, ready with our "X" buzzers!

Mary and I sneaked in to see a bit of the 4H Arts In performance.  Learned that Mary used to a 4Her as a kid!  Check that off the list...seeing the show, not being a 4Her!

Mom was a bit cold ( the temp dropped rapidly tonight) and tired so she went home to bed.

Mary and I made our way down the the Leinie Lodge and cruised through the Home Improvement building and the remaining portions of the Merchandise Mart.  I might have to return with Stella to check out the new nail art people there!

We made it down to see Trampled by Turtles, and we had to be very careful for random, spontaneous, bouncing people who were in the outskirts of the crowd listening to the band.  One almost knocked me over!.  We decided it was dangerous to hang around so we went in search of a beer and, funny, ended up at the Ball Park Cafe.

With beers in hand we started down to see all the lights of Broadway..oops I mean Midway and who do we run into but Martha and Liz and a friend whose name I cannot spell here, sorry  We chatted for a bit and shared funny stories and then parted ways.  I warned them about the random, bouncing, people as they were making their way up to the Turtles!  I wanted to catch a news show and BE ON TV, so Mary suggested Kare11, but the barn was closed up, maybe no live fair broadcast tonight.

I then showed Mary the Beaver sculpture in the DNR on our way over to adventure park and were pleasantly amused by the kids and young adults in the hamster balls.  I spotted Channel 5 Eyewitness News and Dave Dahl being my fave weather guy these days, I convinced Mary to take a seat with me and wait it out!

Sadly there are no fun food or prize giveaways for the late crowds.  All I got was time to text family and friends and tell the to TiVo Mary and me!  There was a kid in front of us with a HUGE prize dog, so that made the camera shots more than we did, but there was a couple cameos of us.  We were not near the pretty people and cute kids on the other bleachers where all the news guys decided to sit. ( figures!)

After the news we realized we had been sitting on very short bleachers for over an hour and Mary wanted me to advise any others who may decide to sit for the Channel 5 News, to SIT IN THE FRONT ROW!   We were both almost crippled from keeping our ankles and knees at such odd angles, it would have been better to be able to stick your feet out!

The grandstand show (Weird Al) , let out early, so the fireworks went off during the news.  Mary and I missed them :( and we stopped briefly in our hobble home to see if there would be a corn dance, but I think we missed that too.

Rain is forecast for tomorrow, but, "the cousins are coming, the cousins are coming!"  So maybe will have to get out there for a little while in the late afternoon if they can make it that long!

Day Six Stats:
Walking, once again forgot the pedometer (went quite a ways though!)
Food Consumed:  Turkey Sandwich (shared), Mashed potatoes on a stick (shared), Fried cream cheese pickles (Mary), beers and lemonade.
Baby Cow Report:  was informed I may have just missed one as we came to the fair. :(  I might have to spend all afternoon Saturday just sitting there!
Things left to see: Fine Art, Purina Pet Center and a baby cow. 

I can't believe I have almost seen it all, but there are only five days left!

Pictures will post later tomorrow, I am too tired to upload tonight! The Blog must be on Pacific Coast time, my clock says it is 12:25....AM!

Day Five, August 31st 2010

I worked a long day, but decided to head to the fair anyway.  Fair=Air  I think I need both at the end of August to breathe!

I joined Mom at the bandshell to see Rosanne Cash.  I got there around 7:30 and the concert didn't start until 8:30 so I had time to run and find some food!  On my quest for food I ran through half of the Merchandise mart, but saw nothing I couldn't live without.  I will have to cruise the other side another day!

I decided to try the London Broil Steak Sandwich on the recommendation of a friend.  I walked down to the grandstand to find it.  It was good, not as good as my favorite Maverick's roast beef.  It was a nice big sandwich for the price and with a little BBQ and Horseradish, I enjoyed it!    I got Mom some Danielson's onion rings, and she shared one or two :)  Just before the concert started Mom said " I want chocolate!"  We weren't sure where to find chocolate at the fair and then I remembered the Minnesota Wine growers booth in the Ag/Hort booth!  This year they have Izzy's chocolate ice cream infused with raspberry wine!  YUM!  After our food, we sat back and enjoyed the concert!

I love the fair :)

Not sure when my next adventure will take place! Stay tuned!

Day Five Stats:
Walked ....have no idea, forgot the pedometer.
Food Consumed: London Broil, chocolate ice cream!
Baby cow report: none
Free stuff, tonight I got nuthin! 
Stuff I still need to see: Half the merchandise mart, Fine Art, 4H show, Pet Center and a BABY COW!

Day Four August 29th 2010

Both Stella and I were a bit tired from our adventures so we slept in and decided to head to the fair later in the day and then plan to stay for the fireworks!

Stella wanted to have a friend along this time, so she invited Gabe a friend from school.  We had a blast all afternoon and evening!  Stella and Gabe have been friends since they were much younger and they had so much fun being silly that Stella forgot to be a teenager!

We walked into the Fair  and went by the U of MN booth. We had not been in it yet and I asked if the kids wanted to check it out. (I was secretly hoping they had backpacks)  Gabe asked what  we could see there.  Stella said "I got to touch human hearts one year"  Knowing it was unlikely the cardiac guys were there, but hoping for freebies we entered only to find there were no human hearts,..but human BRAINS! ( and cat and pig and rat)  the kids loved it.  I didn't see any backpacks but the U of MN cheerleaders were there playing a U of MN  Monopoly game and you rolled big foam dice to play.  Gabe won a backpack!  YEAH!  and Stella got a button we will give to grandma!


We turned the corner to establish our "safe place" at the Ball Park.  I told the kids if we got separated just ask how to get to the Ball Park cafe and we would meet at the big baseball.  Always good with the intermittent cell service!
 

We then ran down the hill to the Giant Slide.  Always a winner! I got a great pic of Gabe, but the worker got in front of me for Stella.  There will be more opportunities for me to get her though!

Gabe was ready to try anything so we went straight for the fried alligator...tastes like really salty chewy chicken!  Even Stella tried it!

After the alligator had settled we headed to the butter heads! The sign says that each Princess gets to to take her butter head home and the kids were asking what they do with it and I assumed that the would host a pancake breakfast or corn feed and use the butter.  Gabe said all he wanted was the nose!  (maybe it is like the ears on a chocolate bunny!)





 The kids were willing to stick their heads in one and only one wooden cut out for me!  It had to be the turkeys!  LOL 








We then wandered back over to the AG/Hort building where we got to see all the best vegetables and get a shot of the biggest pumpkin!  Gabe wasn't sure they were real!  There was the grumpiest lady running the Wheel for the Farmer's Market Booth.  The kids had to identify vegetables.  I did not fare well with the turnip but the kids knew their Brussels sprouts and sweet potato! Yeah honey sticks! 

Had to see the crop art again ans this time it was less crowed and Stella found this one that is Calvin and Hobbes (her favorite cartoon!)

My friend Scott was in the talent show so I decided to put the kids on a round trip sky ride and then they could shop in the bazaar while I watched the show with Mom. His group was "Mel's Plumbers" They did a funny dance all dressed in jeans and flannel, holding plungers to the music of "Taking Care of Business"  It was a riot and the crowd loved them  I don't know who won, but I thought they were in the top two!!!

Well the sky ride took all of 10 minutes, but the good news was, they got into one of the themed sky ride vehicles!  Stella always tries, but it is the luck of the draw. They got into the cow!

After the quick trip they headed off on their own little adventure on the trolley up to the Hall of Technology and back.  We had plans to meet at the bench (so glad we found it!) and then we shopped through the bazaar trying to convince Gabe that most of the stuff there is pretty cheap and not the best as far as souvenirs go.

While unsupervised, Stella took Gabe to her favorite place on the fair grounds...the fudge puppy booth.  She justified it by saying she hadn't tried the new turtle one with caramel.  of course, sounds logical to me. I couldn't argue.

 Dusk was starting to settle in on us so we walked down to the Midway.

We walked by the Gelato booth where Stella taught Gabe how to score your free samples.  It was not busy enough to go back for more but they got a big scoop from the first girl!

Stella owed Gabe a giant pickle since he bought the fudge puppy, so we went to the new pickle stand across from the Sky ride by the Midway.  The procedure is you purchase a preferred pickle poker chip designating the type of pickle you want, and the present said preferred pickle poker chip to the kid and get your pickle. (say that three times fast!)  Gabe is a poker chip collector, so he went back and asked if he could just buy a poker chip and was told he could not. :(   I asked Gabe how much he was willing to spend on the poker chip, explaining that if he went up and just paid the $2 for the giant pickle and they would give him the chip.  He could then walk away with the chip and not trade it in for a pickle!  His eyes lit up!  I told him we should come back later and try it with a new shift of kids who didn't know he had asked for the chip already!


I told Gabe about the deep fried bacon cheddar mashed potatoes on a stick and he was all for it!  They were amazing!  Served with your choice of sides ( sour cream chive, honey mustard, BBQ sauce, ranch, ketchup).  It is the first thing, fried on a stick, I have eaten at the fair in over 20 years.  I will have them again. 

Since we opened the barn door on rides, it's a little hard to close it again so the ride-a-palooza began at the Midway!   I did purchase a bunch of ride sheets in advance, but only brought one along that night thinking I could keep them to one ride each. I did however have the coupon book along with the discounted ride sheets (my ace in the hole).  I know Stella loves hanging with Mom, however it is way more fun to go on rides with a friend and I am perfectly happy to sit and "people watch" in the Midway. The kids rode 5 or 6 rides, the Windstorm the new roller coaster this year, the Crazy Mouse, the Starship 3000, the high flying swings, and the Magnum. They enjoyed each one more than the other!

After the Midway I was still carrying the leftover sides from the mashed taters and decided that it sure would be good on the Fresh French Fries!   So...we got some. ( when the kids were willing to stick their heads in wooden cut outs I also got them pose with the french fry guy...just this once)

As we left the Midway we went back to the pickle booth.  Gabe had his $2 ready and handed Stella his backpack and said "hold this, things could get dicey"  I was laughing so hard!  As he was waiting in the long line, all of a sudden  the big burly manager showed up to help the girls working the booth.  There was a moment of hesitation, but then he went for it!  We were waiting in the shadows for him to return victorious!  He held that pickle poker chip proudly and I said " Now that is a fantastic souvenir, because not only was it cheap, but there is a great story to go with it!"   Major score!










We had time to kill since the Brandi Carlisle concert was going long,  so we wandered over the adventure park.  The allure of the human hamster balls (actually called the Eurobobbles) was too great, so the kids decided to spend the last of their money on tickets.  TOO FUNNY!  They get zipped up into these humid plastic balls and then they are pumped with air and sealed. They are then pushed out into three foot pool of water to roll and fall.  I said to the kids we have told them their whole lives to avoid being enclosed in plastic and here we are paying to do it!  Stella was a bit too tall for the bubble and could not stand up but had fun rolling and somersaulting! Gabe could stand and run just like a hamster!  I was unable to get any good pictures since the lights were awkward and the bubble surfaces were shiny and constantly moving!  I pumped mounds of hand sanitizer into their hands once they were out.  They were a bit sweaty but beaming from ear to ear!











We found a table in Carousel park to hang out and wait for the fireworks.  I broke down and let the kids go get a bucket of Sweet Martha's Cookies.  ( Randy asked for a treat again, so I justified it that way! :)  We sat, ate cookies and listened to the end of the concert and were finally rewarded with the short but sweet fireworks show.

On our way out we hung by the corn on the cob booth and just when I was about to say "let's go" ...it happened!  CORN DANCE!  Every night after the grandstand show lets out, the kids at the corn booth put wooden boards over the roasting grills and DANCE!  Here is a video link.  If you are there late, you gotta see it!

CORN DANCE!

We headed home with full stomachs and full hearts!  It was a great day at the Great Minnesota Get Together!

Day Four Stats:
Walked 6 miles
Baby Cow report: none
Food Consumed: Alligator, Fudge puppies, Sweet Martha's Cookies, Gelato, Honey sticks, Deep fried  bacon cheddar mashed potatoes on a stick! Huge pickles and french fries!
Stuff I still have to see: Merchandise Mart, Fine Art and the 4H show, the Purina Dog Center and a baby cow.

Day Three August 28th 2010

Stella was in bed as I left for my day at the Fair. I decided to spend the day taking pictures of all the stuff we did Thursday so I could fill in the blog, since we forgot the camera! Also Priority ONE was finding the bench! 

I had to get a pic of Mom and I in our pink get ups, I always told her she looked like a Dixie chick in her hot pink with her black and rhinestone crusted Elvis belt!

Dad had to get his walking tour punch card filled so he offered to join me in the quest. We hiked over together, leaving mom to fill the yard with cars. Dad and I decided to start at the Bailey House and inquire, and I was correct as to perimeter of possible bench locations!  The staff of the Bailey house assured us the bench was out there somewhere in it's zone and every night they ride a golf cart and do an accounting of each bench!  WOW that's dedication!  She said if we did not find it she would do a thorough search that night!  Very nice lady!

We began our search heading toward the animal barns for the start of my photo retake session and as we rounded the corner of Judson Avenue.there it was!!!!    It was sitting against the outer wall of the International Bazaar just on the west side of the main entrance!   We were so relieved to find and decided to NOT disturb the people sitting there for a picture, we would have other chances.  We were just glad to know where it was!

Dad called in the "bench report" to the house to alert the rest of the family coming out that day of the exact location!  We then entered the Ag/ Hort building to get a photo of the award winning crop art that was made by a friend!

Dad and I decided that a half a foot long for breakfast was a good idea, so we found a suitable alternate location to purchase said dog on the corner of Nelson and Carnes outside the DNR.  This is the booth  whose history includes the story of "Speedy", the hot dog vendor who sold hot dogs for over 50 years and celebrated his 90th birthday at the fair last year.   It was a good dog, and I spilled a whole GOB of ketchup down the front of me! 

We ran through the DNR garden to get a picture of the beaver and the to the animal barns to get dad's walking tour punch card filled.  He told me the story of the ring tailed twink and the french foreign legion and other great stories of State Fair lore, which I will have to get him to dictate and fill in here completely later!  , We got pics of cows and horses, got to see a ferrier working on a Belgian.  The ferriers  head came up to the horses shoulder!  Magestic Animals!

As we came out of the horse barns I found the deep fried bacon cheddar mashed potatoes, the only new food which might make me rethink my aversion to deep fried things on a stick at the fair!  They come as four little balls of possible nirvana on a stick served with a side of a sour cream type sauce.  I really should only have ONE so I will have to go with someone else who wants to try it and eat the other three!  They can be found at the Potato Man & Sweety booth on Liggett St, just outside the Horse barn.

We wandered through the adventure park and got a picture of the human hamster balls on water( which Stella wants to try)  There is NO way you would catch me zipped up inside a plastic ball of my own volition!

Past the Grandstand and on up the street to the Hamline Dining hall to get another punch which happens to be next to the Bremer bank where we scored  another of the super blue bags with zipper pocket and water bottle holder!  It was about 10:00am and we hiked quickly up the road to the Little Hands Farm for the next punch, suprisingly we were still moving at a pretty good pace, but the grounds were filling up quickly.  I'm sure another record setting day in the making!  We returned by way of the Eco Hall of Tech to see if we could find a friend of dad's working, no luck, so we hiked back down the street to get the last punch at the Creative Activities building.

We wanted to make sure we let the wonderful bench assistant know that we found the bench so she didn't need make a special trip for us. Since we were right back where we started we decided to go and oust whoever may be on the bench and get a picture for evidence! We walked right up to three people eating fries and dad asked them to move so he could get a picture of me sitting on it, they were very gracious and agreed and as dad was taking the picture, all of a sudden two people walked straight up to the bench and said "do you want to make it a family picture? " and Dad, thinking the person speaking meant to have him sit down too and be in the pic said, :no thanks I just want to take it of her"  and quickly realized it was Linda!  It turns out Linda and Sophie had been standing in the near distance patiently waiting for the people to leave so they could do what we just waltzed up and asked directly!  They had been there for 15 minutes and we must have walked right past them not seeing!  So then the gracious french fry eating people who had to stand and witness this whole thing graciously offered to take a picture of us all!  LOL  Then we gave them back their bench !

All day I was attempting to connect with two groups of people, my friend Dawn and her family and a friend from work.  The phone service at the fair is terrible due to the "air traffic" the systems are so slow that every now and then you get a string of texts all at once that had been sent over the last hour,  I learned that it is best to text things like "food bldg at 2" so you tell people where you WILL be not where you ARE so there is a chance of hooking up!  The other family I realized were not even coming out until after 2:00!  oops!

I was getting hungry again around 12:30 and I knew I had to stay through the parade to get the last of my retake series so I decided to return for Gyro #2.  I took my gryo and found a shaded bench near the Bailey House and I just sat there and people watched for over an hour!  Too many girls in flip flops skipping in and then I'd see other girls in flip flops shuffling out  with sore feet LOL    As I sat there I witnessed my first "Flash Mob"  it was a group of kids between the Admin building and the band shell that suddenly gathered and did an "impromptu" well rehearsed street dance. I don't know that I would call it a "mob" maybe 100 kids, but it was entertaining!

The parade came and I took photos of an ENTIRE parade. If anyone has never seen one, go next time!  I realized as I was trying to upload all these pics I could have just done a video.  (I am so technologically challenged!) so here are the floats that Stella and sometime I have ridden!

Stella used to always ride in these until her legs got too long!

climbed over the side of this wagon Thursday!

Always a chance to ride in this one if you know where to be!

It is a pretty good sized parade each day at 2:00!   This was the first parade this year I got to sit and watch!  There were marching bands from Edina, Irondale and The Minnesota State Pipe band, who doesn't love Bagpipes!  The Winona State Cheerleaders were there and Ronald McDonald, who always does the same joke.."want a free shake?"  and he shakes his whole body! Sparky the fire dog, the Go Girl car, Haunted House truck, all the Pro Mascots (Twins, Wild, and Timberwolves) The decorated cars, some crazy chicken and flamingo bikers, the wacky wheeler and Princess Kay of The Milky Way!

We rode this one with Camden & Riley one day last year!

It was hot, windy and getting very crowded so I decided to call it a day.  Even though I had plans to play cards with the girls later I still got my hand stamped " just in case"  (genetic trait!) I stopped on my way home and picked up mini donuts for my cynical friend "unicorns and glitter" and Randy, who has been asking for them every night so far!

I got home and sat on the couch and tipped over for an hour and never did return!

Day Three stats:
Walked 5.7 miles
A little wind burned!
Food Consumed: half a foot long and Gyro #2
Bench: FOUND!
Free Stuff: another Bremer bag
Baby cow report: none
Stuff I still want to see!: Butterheads, Merchandise Mart, Fine Art, Creative Activites, FIREWORKS!