Well maybe there was no falling in love (maybe with the funnel cakes) but I did spend a good portion of my non-work devoted time this week at the Brown County Fair. Now I know what some of you are thinking, especially those from O'Neill, how could that much time be spent at the fair? Well, there is an incredible amount of support in Aberdeen and the surrounding areas for their county fair. Not only do they have the typical fair things like the 4H exhibits and the rodeo, but they also have food vendors as far as the eye can see, carnival rides, constant entertainment in different tents, musical acts all weekend and many other things. I was lucky enough to use one of my supervisors fair tickets to see Love & Theft and Jake Owen on Friday night so below are some photos from that as well as the rest of my time spent at the fair. One of the coolest things at the fairgrounds is Centennial Village which is this old fashioned village that hosts smaller musical acts and other performers. A lot of time was spent down there, especially for the State Chilli Cook-off on Saturday, which featured one of our VPs cooking for the Chamber of Commerce.
Petticoat Junction at Centennial Village (anyone else remember watching that on TV Land?)
Centennial Village
Barber Shop at Centennial
Some of the rides at the fair!
Walleye On-A-Stick and Deep-Fried Pickles....this is why I love the fair
Love and Theft!!
Mr. Jake Owen :)
Call you later? Ok! Haha....
In the end, if you ever have the chance, check out the Brown County Fair. It was tons of fun, great food, and a good opportunity for me to meet some new and interesting people!
Hey there blogosphere! I realize it has been far too long since my last post and to be honest the weeks fly by so fast that I was shocked when I realized how much I had to post about. So I will try and get you all caught up and then I have a special post of what I've been up to this week.
So about three weekends ago now my dad came to visit for the first time!! It was a super hot weekend but we headed out to Wylie Park which is a big recreation area here with a lake, campgrounds, mini golf, and Storybook Land, which I blogged about earlier. The nice part about the park and Storybook Land is that there are lots and lots of trails. One of which is of course designed to be the Yellow Brick Road. Dad and I walked there for a while, checked out some of the famous statues and then headed over to a round of mini golf. I couldn't tell you who won, we lost track of our scores after the first hard hole, but it was fun!! We then had a lasagna night (had to prove to my Dad that I actually CAN cook since he claims we always eat out when he visits). It was a great weekend and I can't wait for him to visit again this fall.
