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Sunday,
August 28, 2016: The Dynamic Duo of Mark and
Paula headed to the
Minnesota State Fair to see their old friend
Fairchilds, a Minnesota Gopher. |
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Music was everywhere including at the Cafe Caribe. |
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The Leinie Lodge, of
Linenkugel Beer fame, is a
popular music spot. They offer free entertainment during the entire twelve-day fair. |
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One new foods that made it big this year was spam.
Take your pick, spam sushi or deep-fried spam curds. Both were a
big hit. Spam comes from Hormel in Austin, Minnesota. It is
pork shoulder and ham. Mark and Paula enjoyed both.
Spam and it big in World War II when it was sent world wide to feed
troops. It became of favorite of Hawaiian people, and still is.
Hawaiians are the largest per capita consumption of Spam in the world.
Marv Olson, one of Mark's friends was a member of the Spam festival
committee in Austin, Minnesota. Marv said he NEVER put it on his
work resume for fear of being laughed out of the room. Spam sure
has a varied reputation! |
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These young guys were having a great time with four
basketballs. Fun to watch. |
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Hmmm...Pokemon. Even Elvis noticed. |
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| Mark and Paula's favorite food
is Minnesota grown turkey. Others went for foot-long hot
dogs, complete with pickles, catsup, and mustard.
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| These high-energy Chinese guys
put on quite a dance act.
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| More music on a street at the fair. |
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| Then music from a regular display booth.
Stone Arch, they say, Mark and Paula were at the
Stone Arch Bridge a while back to get photos back in 2014.
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| More music, this time in the
International Bazaar. |
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| The fair at night is something to see.
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| Some people choose to rid
this one, but not Paula. |
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| She doesn't ride this one either. |
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| Then the midway has scary thrills.
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| This place must be haunted. |
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| That's more like it. Mark remembers
visiting New York years ago. |
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| It was finally time to leave the fair.
Many people used the lighting to get some fun photos.
Hmmm...I wonder if she won that doll at an arcade game? |
Quote of the day:
Stay tuned for more from the fair two days from now. Mark
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Questions, Comments? Email Mark Persons teki@mwpersons.com |
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