We started off at the "Miracle of Birth" barn where, while we never saw any animals actually being born, we did see quite a few cute newborns. This wobbly lamb was fun to watch as it kept nudging it's mom.
Here's a picture from the Grandstand - at least some things served on a stick at the fair are not bad for you - oh wait...it's fried:
Here's another shot of the fair from the Grandstand:
After getting all the milk you can drink for a buck, Sweet Martha's cookies, and cheese curds, we went to lunch. We decided to try one of the old fair standbys - the church dining hall. We went to Epiphany Dining Hall this time. The folks had chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, while I had a sloppy joe:
Here's a shot of the dining hall:
And me posing with my waiting-to-be-eaten plate of food:
We of course had to stop at Empire Commons where the Dairy Association takes up half the building. For those of you who've never made it to the fair, we have a teen beauty pageant each year and the winner is named Princess Kay of the Milky Way. She and her runners-up are awarded with a huge block of butter that is carved into a bust of their likeness - well, an approximate likeness. This runner up I named Velma because she looked like she should have been hanging out with Shaggy and Scooby:
Here's the winner, Miss Princess Kay of the Milky Way, wearing her lovely tiara:
These girls sit in a cooler with a parka as the sculptress (also donning a parka) sits with her butter knife working her magic. All in all it was a good day at the fair. I generally don't go but once or twice a year if that, but I thought today that some year it would be an interesting sociological experiment to go every day of the fair's run and track the vibe. But I think I might get violently ill if I spent too much time there - the smell of fried food still lingers.
