Non-Stop Fun!

Now is the time for corn dogs and funnel cakes! Now is the time for the Giant Slide and excellent shows! Now is the time for camping and riding shuttles and the Butter Cow! Now is the time for "Non-Stop Fun" @ the Iowa State Fair!

This past weekend, I spent at the Iowa State Fair, which by the way, I have been to every year since I was born... or at least that's what I've been told. And I look forward to this time every year, because there is just something about that place that gives me the tingles. It brings back so many good memories that I go back every year hoping to create just at least one more.

And I know some people just don't get it. They are the skeptics, the people that go to the fair for one day and jam everything into that eight hour period: all the shows, all the animals, all that food, and all that walking! Plus, they have absolutely no idea how to get around the fair efficiently! So I can understand why they don't enjoy it. But when you are able to camp there, you get to take it all in strides: seeing all the shows you want to, eating some cheaper, healthier food mixed in with all that grease on a stick, AND you can take mid-day naps! I love camping at the FAIR!

Supposedly, the ISF campground is the third largest county in the state during the fair with all those people staying there. However, supposedly, there is also a long, long waiting list to get a camping spot at the fair, so while I urge everyone to try it, it's just not gonna happen for a lot of ya. Sorry!

But the fair is a great place for everyone! It's a ten day celebration of everything Iowa! And while some people also might be skeptics and believe that there is nothing worthwhile in the state of Iowa, I beg to differ and would like a chance to convince you otherwise.

1. We are the largest corn producing state!

2. Ashton Kutcher is from Iowa.

3. Field of Dreams was filmed in Iowa.

4. As was the Bridges of Madison County.

5. Iowans actually say "Hi" back to you in an airport.

6. Grant Wood and Herbert Hoover both called Iowa home...

Okay okay... So Iowa doesn't have the most amazing specs, but she is still a great place to live! Just make a visit to the Iowa State Fair and you'll see why!

P.S. Make sure you try a shake from the Dairy Barn, Cheese Curds, a corn dog, and a Chop on a Stick while you are there... and then you can eat whatever you want for Lunch and Supper. :)