Woo hoo! It’s time for my annual post about the Minnesota State Fair!
We always go to the fair opening day and it seems every year it feels more crowded. I checked out the fair’s website and found some interesting numbers. I wasn’t imagining it. Each year on opening day for the last two years the attendance increased. Between 2017 and 2016 it was almost 6,000 higher! There were three record-breaking attendance days this year, the most record breaking days in three years. Plus, this year’s total attendance is the highest ever, another record broken. So, yes, there were lots more people at the fair this year.
No matter, we still enjoy it and this year was no different. I went twice. Opening day was fun but by 1:00 it was getting too crowded so we called it quits early. For my second visit, I met hubby there one late afternoon from work the following week. I park my car like I’m going to work and walk on over to the fair. Very easy!
On opening day we headed over to Minnesota Public Radio after breakfast and were treated with a handshake from our governor! He went one by one in the small crowd and shook each of our hands. He commented how brave Miss M was for wearing short sleeves as it was in the upper 50s at that moment. So that was fun! We also saw Al Franken posing for photos with a constituent.
The agriculture building is a must for me for each visit. Some of the exhibits change every other day so it’s worth it to see other types of flowers when you can. First some crop art:
In the next gallery is a little bit of everything else that I saw in the ag building:
And then some other scenes at the fair:
I hope you’ve enjoyed this year’s tour of the Minnesota State Fair. I’ll be back soon with a few more travel adventures. I hope you’ll come along!
travels with toby 
What a great time you had! Am very jealous!
you’re up early!!
almost always a fun time at the fair ;)
It looks like a lot of fun. I like the Autumnal feel :) :)
It is and agreed about the autumn feel :)