North Dakota State Fair week of Fun 2012

 This week we have spent a couple hours every day at the ND State Fair which is held here in Minot. To say the least I was very impressed, having been the the UT State Fair several times and the SL County Fair at least every other year.  Neither of those fairs come close to what I have seen here.  We went to a bear show with real Brown Bears, watched Swamp Masters work with an alligator, the kids milked a cow, we made calico cloth using wood stamps and feather quills, learned how to start a fire using char cloth, flint, steel and twine, fed animals of all varieties at the petting zoo, played in the sand, watched pig races, along with a lot of other things and we ate a little fair food.  Most of what we did was free that was the best part.  The kids are done with the fair and after the concert tomorrow night I will be too and the fair will be gone for another year.  Here are the pictures from the fair.  It was a lot of fun ending with a great night out with the girls at the Foreigner Concert.

Princess feeding the sheep

Sir milking a cow

Princess milking a cow

Day at the fair with friends: Sir, Skye, Lucy, Princess & Stetson

After the Alligator show

Taking a break for fair food

One of the Bears strutting his stuff with a ball

Sir & Jane these two have been good friends.

Carly, Me, Jaymie & Tera dressed and ready to go 80's style

Julie, Margel, Kristen, Me, Jaymie & Carly waiting for the rain to quit.

Jaymie's cute brother who came with us - Brett

We were within 10 feet of the stage.  It was awesome.