Dakota County Fair

Yesterday was a fun day at the Dakota County Fair. Our oldest son was off work so he went along to help us entertain our two grandchildren, Charles and Hailey. We take care of them on thursday’s during the summer months to help out there Mom and Dad. We arrived at the gate at about 11 am.  Seniors day so we grandparents got in for a lower admission rate plus free parking. How nice was that??!!  Our first stops were  the horse barn, cow barn and poultry barn. These were my favorite stops as a youngster.  Food is a big item as well. Pronto Pups were the first food bought and then we were on a roll. Those cheese curds always taste so yummy. Even the little ones liked them. Chicken fingers were next on the menu. They came with a really good sauce.  Pretty sure there was horseradish in it.  The kids enjoyed a Dole cone. Tasted like orange sherbert to me. Refreshing! Taking a break from the food, we turned onto the Midway for some rides. The little ones enjoyed the Bumble Bee, Merry-Go-Round and going through a maize sort of thing. Not sure what it was called but similar to the play room at McDonalds. Fun for kids anyway. Looking up at this very steep slide I could not believe that Charlie wanted to brave going down on a burlap rug but he did. As he was coming down with a fearful look, Hailey and Grama are climbing up the stairs to do the same thing. By this time I am thinking maybe I should turn around and take Hailey back down but Hailey wanted to go down on Grama’s lap. This she did. Wow! Talk about seeing Charlies fearful look. I know this Grama  must have looked the same. You go down so fast that you really don’t have much time to even think about it. Needless to say Hailey thought it was big fun and wanted Grama to take her  down again but that wasn’t going to happen. Ufda! After eating somemore food, walking through the museum and looking at different displays we took the little ones to the petting barn. This was the highlight for them.  Will share some pictures of our day at the fair.

Fair Day