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Two Kinds of People in this state – those who go to the Iowa State Fair and those who don’t. So Many Reasons to Go…

• Music – Free and Paid
• Talent shows
• Carnival rides and Games
• People Watching
• Sale pitches/things to purchase
• Food to Eat
• Animals, food entries, contests
• Demonstrations

The list is endless, but some of my Faves… The weird stuff at Heritage Hall like – Husband-calling, kid calling, Sibling look- alikes, beard contest and so on. The Sky-Glider  – not exactly a carnival ride – but so much fun to have a birds-eye view of the fair for a short time.  Hokiest ride – definitely the Old Mill! The VitaMixer and the Salsa Maker are my favorite sales spiels – so much fun to listen to and pretty much the same from year to year. 4-H exhibits and demonstrations. The young people will amaze you. The talent, the leadership skills, the creativity – check it out in the SE corner of the fair grounds. Crescenti’s Sandwiches – It’s my favorite ‘only-at –the fair-food’. It’s a crispy warm disc of freshly fried bread with a sprinkling of salt on the outside, inside capicola and shredded mozzarella cheese – YUM. Or you can get the sweet version.  And the Nitro ice cream under the grandstand – best with caramel topping, of course. Love going to see and hear food being judged.  Not the quiet, no talking ones – but the fun judges who talk and critique and entertain. The people watching – this is the Grand Daddy place for this sport.  You can look for the worst dressed, the craziest t-shirts, the couples that don’t seem to ‘go-together’, the tired babies, the tattoos, hair do’s and don’ts  and so on. On our Sunday visit – saw a guy in a skirt with a t-shirt that says – ‘I know you’re watching me’. Yes, of course, you don’t dress like that and not have people watch.  My favorite t-shirt was the guy wearing   ‘certainly not everybody was kung-fu fighting’.  Love it! What is your favorite?  What do you miss that was there and now is not? What foods do you get that you won’t get until next year’s fair?