Feel the excitement! It's the 2006 Minnesota State Fair.

I'm not sure what this means.

Beware of the moose

Monkey ride

Ride the tram over the fair

Big Dog

Julia poses with Bigfoot

Bigfoot posing

Corn dog or pronto pup?

Wisconsin, known for great dairy products (like cheddar cheese sauce)

Bloomin' Onion

Bloomin' Onion closeup

The arcade

Gotta take your shirt off to play "Arm Champs II"

Corn dipped in liquid butter buckets!

Eating corn faces I

Eating corn faces II

Cheese on a stick

Dippin' the cheese in the batter

Cheese on a stick - the only food that didn't recieve an A on our report card.

Where to go next?

Best darn bird anywhere!

Deep fried cheese curds

Surveying the crowd

Ohh Yeahh!

Deep fried Snickers bar on a stick

Sweet Martha's cookies

House of cheese.

Butter Princesses - 12 farmers' daughters immortalized in 90 pound butter busts - one carved each day of the state fair.

Julia takes a closer look

Pork Chops on a stick

Alpaca???

Nice top hat.

The cow looks happy!

All you can drink milk.

Milk shake from the Gopher Dairy Bar.

Sunset

Looking toward the midway

Lighting up the night with carny fun

Craig's winning entry in the scrapbook competition.

Sadly, we missed that celebration of the pinnacle of culinary achievement.

Night falls and our day at the fair ends.