Tuesday I went swimming and saw this cute mermaid skeleton.
Wednesday my car (Altima) hit a milestone milage. I had been waiting a couple weeks for this:
Nancy and Blake came up for another trip to Valleyfair. Blake was not into rollercoasters today. We kept to the low spinning rides. I still had fun, poor Eric didn't get on many rides.
Argh! I bought Danielle's cat, Oreo, a pirate outfit since he lost his eye last year. The eye patch is too big but I tried on the hat on Reba and she was super cute.
Another amazing night for northern lights. We drove out to Marystown to get a great view. More pictures found here: Northern Lights
Wicked Half Marathon, Salem, MN ~ Massachusetts is off the map! State #32 is done. Only 18 to go! They offered an early start so I jumped at the chance to start 30 minutes before Eric and Phil.
State Fair Round 1
I met Eric at Southwest Station after work on Friday for our first trip to the 2024 MN State Fair. When we showed up to the fair there were lines and lines of people leaving. We were in a very long line to get in. It was a busy day and I was pretty sure it was record breaking (it was...225K!) Look at the crowd at 6pm!
We made our usually first stop at Roasted Corn for me.
The next stop was Hamline Church Dining Hall for the Chicken Dinner. Sadly they were out of mashed potatoes. :(
We ventured around the creative arts building, education building, the farm building (with the beautiful sunflowers) and eventually got to the Sky Glider ride. We waited 45 minutes to ride it but I love this thing so we had to do it.
State Fair Round 2
Sunday morning DJ, Eric and I met Allista and Bailey very early at Burnsville Transit station for our bus trip to round 2 of the State Fair. We got to the fair by 8:30 and the crowds were not too bad. We started off with Sweet Martha's Cookies and All You Can Drink Milk for $3.
We watched the horse speed show (barrels and poles) in the Arena and walked through the various animal barns. Checking out the largest boar (he wasn't that big this year), some sheep, an attention seeking goat and some piggies. We also took them into Miracle of Life so they can see all the babies.
We watched the Stunt Dog Show and the Lumberjack show and then checked out the old tractors.
The final stop was buying my bamboo sheets in the Grandstand. Overall a great year at MN State Fair.