State Fair 2024 - Bridgeman's: Lady's Slipper Marble Sundae

Friday, August 23, 2024

After the sheep barn we headed to the Bridgeman's booth. One of the new Fair foods I was wanting to try this year was the Lady Slipper Marble Sundae. The State Fair website describes it as: "Bridgeman's strawberry ice cream, lemon marshmallow cream and ladyfinger cookies layered in a cup and topped with whipped cream and a cherry." Dang it was good. Dale surprised me and got one too. 

We ate them sitting on a bench behind the horse you see above. The Bridgeman's booth is just to the left of the horse's head. We watched people and horses going by. 

State Fair 2024 - The 70s Magic Sunshine Band

 Friday, August 23, 2024

More State Fair Fun. The 70s Magic Sunshine Band. If you listen closely you can almost hear me singing along. Dale and I stopped at the International  Bazaar as we were walking back to the parking lot. 

State Fair 2024 - Sheep Barn

Friday,  August 23, 2024

Dale and I headed over to the sheep/poultry barn next. One of the women ahead of us was carrying in a turkey. 

I'll enlarge the picture. She's the one on the right. The turkey was calm, still, and very well behaved. I can only imagine what it'd do if I tried picking it up. I'm sure there's a trick to doing it right. 

Although not overly hot it was very muggy in the barn so the sheep weren't very active.

This one seemed rather taken with me. I was gonna pet him but then he bit the top bar off the gate to his pen. I wasn't sure if that was a good sign. 

Some had their wool shaved off so I imagine they were doing a bit better with the humidity than the others. 

They all seemed pretty darn sweet. 

Part of the fun of the Fair to me is that we can get up close to farm animals which is pretty cool since we're obviously so disconnected from farm life. 

State Fair 2024 - The Fair at Night

Friday, August 23, 2024

I love being at the Fair after dark. 

After dark it cools off a little bit.

And the neon lights are just so pretty. 

State Fair 2024 - Corn Roast

Friday, August 23, 2024

I tried getting a serious picture. I really did. 

But he wouldn't let me. 

State Fair 2024 - Blue Moon Dine-In Theater

 Friday, August 23, 2024

Next, the Blue Moon Dine-In Theater.

Always one of our favorite places to go get food. We each got the Burke Burger with cheese and it came with chips. Delicious. 

We ate in the theater which was showing Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Dale hadn't see it probably since he was a kid. I caught it on TCM a couple summers ago after not having seen it since childhood myself. 

We sat down to eat while the movie was in its last half. We only caught about a half hour before we left but I was able to see one of my favorite parts. 

State Fair 2024 - People Walkin' On By

Friday, August 23, 2024

Always fun people watching.

                       

You can just barely see the DNR Ranger Tower peeking above the trees. Mike and I climbed that a number of years ago.