To the Alaska State Fair we went...

Welcome to the Alaska State Fair! Well well, after a very uneventful and rather unproductive trip to the DMV (arrrggg... we'll both be going back to accomplish everything we needed!) We headed up to Palmer (about 1 hour north) to the state fair. After waiting in traffic for about 1 hour... ick... we finally arrived. We were, um, a little testy after the drive - but we did find a few things to enjoy other than rude people pushing there way through the large crowd just to get their 2lb hotdog... The flowers were amazing! So much like the NC state fair, they have the competitions - and that's where we spent most of our time. The flower competition was just cool! Because of the high amounts of sunlight they get in the summer, they're able to grow some cool flowers with CRAZY vibrant colors! Aren't they cool???

Next we headed out to the produce section and boy were we surprised! We had heard of the "giant produce" and at first we didn't see it... but when we turned the corner, it was hard to miss! It was super fun to see and the pictures just don't do it any justice!! We saw a 0.5lb green onion, 6lb parsnip, 10lb zucchini, a 20lb turnip and a 56lb green cabbage!!!

We played around with the animals... saw a few things pooping :o) Some cool chickens with funky hair ... cheese... and we'd had our fill of fair-day fun! It was a beautiful day and we did enjoy being outside... but that was our first and last trip to the fair (at least on Saturday with EVERYBODY else in Alaska!!)

Josh did enjoy trying to snap pictures of a few people that just don't get it. Check'em out - we had a good time laughing at their, um, sense of style. Hey - we're all different, right? Some just more than others!! We're not sure - but we're assuming there was a hockey game going on somewhere? Long live the bald-headed rat-tail do... Let's just say I'm glad I wasn't drowning. (K)