Lemonade....
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| How do they get them so shiny? |
Baby Goats...
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| Who wants to buy a goat?! |
Hillbilly Music...
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| Rhinestones... |
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| Just look at all that Carney Food! |
Cowboy Boots...
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| Yep. Those are mine. Turns out taking a photo of your own boots while you're wearing them is not very flattering. |
Art Deco...
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| A lot of their buildings are in this great Art Deco style! So cool! |
and... Rednecks!
That's right, guys! I took my very first trip to the Montana State Fair last weekend! We didn't get a ton of time at the fair, which is held in Great Falls, since we were actually supposed to be getting ready for harvest, but I was glad we went. I had some delicious fair food including fresh squeezed lemonade, a funnel cake, and a yummy teriyaki bowl.
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| Giant pretzel, anyone? |
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| This is what I actually had for dinner. These guys were from Thompson Falls, MT. So yummy! |
Jeff and I also walked through the livestock barns. The day we were there was only the second day of the fair, so some of the animals we would have been more interested in (cows, horses) were not there yet. But, we did spend some time checking out the goats! They were awesome! This is the mama goat to the babies in the earlier photo. If I remember right, they were Nigerian goats. Any goat people out there want to correct me on the breed? They were pretty cute.
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| Where are your kids, lady? Hahaha I crack myself up! |
The main reason we went to the fair was so we could go to the concert that night-- Dwight Yoakam. Since moving to the West in 2007, I have fully embraced Country Music. I mean, if we're being honest, there's at least two Country radio stations to every one of anything else, so it was inevitable. Plus, there's something comforting about learning a song very quickly and being able to sing along.
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| This year's concert lineup, listed on a sandwich board. Mmm... sandwiches... |
It really doesn't get any more Country than Dwight Yoakam, folks. He's got a great twang, almost a yodel-y aspect to his vocal style and the songs are about real people and real problems. Guitar heavy, lots of vamping... Just wonderful. The classics like "Guitars, Cadillacs," and "Bakersfield" can't be beat. He also played a number of songs off his newest album, which I love and would highly recommend. And, they wore rhinestone jackets! RHINESTONES! It was a great show and I'm glad we went down for it.
I also want to say a quick Thanks to everyone who keeps reading my blog! I know some posts are not as good as others, but there are also those posts that everyone clearly enjoys very much. My
PREVIOUS POST about rattlesnakes jumped up to the third most popular post I've ever written! Thanks for continuing to read and share my blog. If you keep reading, I'll keep writing!
Thanks for bringing the sights, sounds and smells of the fair to life in your blog, Katie. I almost feel like I've been there :)
ReplyDeleteYou could theoretically still go, since the fair runs through this weekend. If we get rained out of cutting, you probably could swing down there and experience it for yourself!
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of readers in Iowa! And the rattlesnake blog sure has them talking :) Just curious, what are the top two most popular posts?
ReplyDeleteThe Iowa State Fair is Aug 8 - 18. This blog post is getting us ready!
Maybe someday I'll make it back to the Iowa State Fair... probably not. As long as we have harvest in August, anyway! Number one most read post is the very first one of the blog and the number two is called... Memories Past and Present, I think. It's from two years ago during harvest.
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