Disclaimer * we went on the last Saturday of the fair,(+) which is held in the largest city in Iowa= packed, crazy, not easy to see anything, etc*
With the way things went that day, we didn't get to the fair until about 5pm, another crazy choice. Parking, well that's a "fun" challenge. After parking on a random side street we walked the 5 block(surprisingly close) to the entry. Hungry, I thought the first thing I wanted to do was get something fried or unique to Iowa's Fair.
How about a Double Bacon Corn Dog!
Next stop of course had to be the livestock barns.
The Avenue of Breeds was AWESOME! End of story, just plain awesome.
I like unique/heritage breeds to this was right up my Avenue, ok sorry about the lame joke.
The draft horses warming up and moving from barns to show arenas was something that made everyone stop and watch. Brought me back to the days when my family had Belgiums
We watched an llama futurity show, checked out the Boulevard of Dairy Breeds,stopped by the largest boar pen, (he weighed in at 1,400lbs), visited a few western clothing booths, and spent at least an hour in the 4-H exhibits building. So impressed by what young people are making, creative & talented!
The buildings at the fair grounds are very impressive, and even more so to think they were built just for the fair!
The Ag Building, originally build in 1904
You can check out this picture and others showing the amazing architectural buildings of the fair at Blue Ribbon Foundation.
Of course we had to check out the Butter Sculpture in the Agriculture Building
As we were getting ready to walk out the gate there was the Exotic Petting Zoo. Pretty happy we stopped :)
