Go to the state fair.

7. funnel cakes – nothing beats fried dough with sugar
6. the 4H building – never been before, but very cool to see the vast array of project the kids created.
5. the Eco Building – it was packed! this gives me hope. also, it provides lots of great ideas about how to live greener.
4. more crop art by Laura Melnick! I don’t have an image of her newest creation, but it portrays Dick Cheney as a tree. He is the root of all evil. Get it?
3. lots of time spent watching amazingly talented dogs and their dedicated people doing obedience, flyball and agility. awesome.
2. our State Fair attracts every single kind of person who lives in this state. everyone goes. I love that.
1. the opportunity to see this dress and other extraordinary sock monkey creations by Rebecca Yaker

going back tomorrow, but for work. yay!

I’m doing research right now to construct a plan. We’ve never had a plan before, but already I have learned about some new food vendors. For example, a place in the Ag Horticulture building that sells both honey lemonade and honey ice cream. Who knew? I will enjoy my requisite funnel cake, also.

We’ll probably hike up to the pet building to see the dogs. We’ll look at the entries for the various contests (pies, jams, pickles etc., although too bad we don’t get to try them ;)). I love going to see the glorious seed art. One never knows what one will find at the State Fair. Curious George Searches for Weapons of Mass Destruction from a few years ago is the best!