A Day at the County Fair

So I know it's been awhile since I posted - been kinda busy with stuff.  We went to the Dakota County fair last weekend because my stepduaghter was in the Demolition Derby. While we don't whole-heartedly support this activity, we don't have much say in it, so we unwillingly  "support" it . This was her fourth derby and second one this season (she did 2 last year).  She won this one -$500 -  Good for you Ali!!  and she earned this win - got in a lot of good hits, didn't use the "avoidance" method to stay in until the end and even kept her car running and moving while it was overheating and had a rear tire hanging on an angle.

                                         Ali (winner) and Rick (Dad)  with what's left of the car

If you've never been to a Demo Derby, I have only one thing to say: TAKE EARPLUGS. It can be a lot of fun to watch (especially if your kid isn't in one of the cars).  The pickup truck class is the most fun, because the trucks are louder, get up more speed and have way better hits! The trucks are also the loudest and smelliest - lots of smoke, sometimes there's fires, and a whole lot of mud flying around.

                                         Our car is the dark one in front of the towtruck
                                          (yes, the cars get towed or forklifted off at the end)

I took my grandson and his friend and after the derby, they hit the rides. Buying a wristband for unlimited rides was the best thing I did that day !!  Fair food isn't cheap either. Among other things, Hubby had cheese curds (yuck), the boys had cotton candy, smoothies , drinks etc etc. But the BEST thing I had was a Spaghetti Sundae !!  I'll get a picture up in a bit. They literally put stuff thru a pasta roller to make it look like spaghetti. The "meatballs" were chocolate covered cherries. It was FABULOUS! Somehow it didn't taste like "just" ice cream, although it was.

                                          Ian is to the right, blue shirt in orange bumper car

The boys wanted to go to the derby pit and see the car (what's left of it) so I wandered over to the Exhibition
Hall to look at at the quilts. What a disappointment. Not sure how these fairs are judged, but about 85% of the quilts had ribbons. First premium, second premium, third, fourth fifth premium, Judge's Choice, People's Choice etc...there must have been 30 categories. And for the most part, there weren't that many  quilts there, and even less that looked  that great. This is a pretty big Fair too. I think I'm going to see about entering something in that Fair next year. Maybe I can get Best in Show!!1 hahahahaha