Tag: State Fair
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Game Plan for the Great Minnesota Get-Together
A decade ago this month, I started this blog with a brief welcome post: Life is a wonderful journey. As we reflect, our favorite memories confirm that the best things in life truly are not things, but rather experiences: travel near and far, the simplicity of nature found in the garden and great outdoors, and good food with family…
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Making the Most of the Minnesota State Fair
It is once again time for the Great Minnesota Get-Together. Twelve days of an almost-overwhelming array of food, art, music, gardens, animals, shopping, and people. What you need are Minnesota State Fair Tips (#MSFTips) to help you create a plan of attack to maximize the fun! Let Someone Else Do the Driving. With so many…
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Time Again for the Great Minnesota Get-Together
You either love it or hate it … the Minnesota State Fair has few “meh” responses. Coming from a Fair lover, there is a strategy to maximizing your time and experiences (and food!) at the Great Minnesota Get-Together (taking place now through Labor Day)! I have some of my top tips (“use the free ‘park…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Unique
The crop art is always unique at the Minnesota State Fair. A stop at the Agriculture-Horticulture “Ag-Hort” Building is a “must” for our annual trip to the Minnesota State Fair. Displays of competitive entries range from Christmas trees, to honey and bee-related items, to flowers, to fruits and vegetables. Crop art tops the list of my favorite…
Travel. Garden. Eat. 