Minnesota State Fair

On Labor Day after NSE Orientation, our group headed to the Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul. I was really interested in how it compared to North and South Carolina's. Somehow I didn't take any pictures outside, but it was packed. I saw stands selling nearly every food imaginable, either fried or on a stick; there was so much to choose from! I ended up with an espresso ice cream float.

Butter sculptures: proof the Midwest is very into dairy products. These were all made by high schoolers. Apparently after the fair every year, the sculptors have butter parties where they roast a lot of corn to use it all up? Sounds like a blast to me.

One of hundreds of Dahlias inside one of the exhibit halls. I thought they were cool because they looked like flowers straight out of a Dr. Seuss book.

Made our way into the livestock building - Go Cocks! (as always)

Bonus- I happened upon the campus farmer's market Wednesday, which was a nice reminder of home (no kettle corn samples, unfortunately) It runs through the end of September, so I will definitely make use of it until then!

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