We decided a day at the Minnesota State Fair deserved a blog post of its own. Before starting our road trip, many people told us that we had to try and get to a state fair in America. By sheer fortuity, our arrival in Minnesota coincided with the last day of the fair and so with no further ado, we bought our tickets and joined the thousands of other people flocking to the fair.
The Minnesota State Fair, also known as “The Great Minnesota Get-Together” is the largest state fair in the country based on average daily attendance and runs for 12 days every year ending on Labor Day. The attendance total in 2018 was a record 2,046,533 people and 2019 looks well on the way to beating that.
For those familiar with the Ekka in Brisbane, we can only say that this State Fair is like the Ekka on steroids. Taking in everything from livestock exhibitions to art and culinary demonstrations, bull riding to barrel racing, music concerts to product displays, and fairground rides to the crazy array of food, (especially whatever can be fried or served on a stick or both) we did not stop for a rest until we were ready to collapse.
Enough talk. We’ll let the pictures speak for themselves. Minnesota State Fair, thank you – you were outstanding! We can happily tick “Attend a State Fair” off our road trip bucket list.
P&S
