The Great Minnesota Get Together

Mighty Piano Tuner Guy

Jeff's piano tuning business is building steam and he decided it was time to post it on his vehicle. The signs are magnetic so they can easily be moved from one vehicle to another, although they don't fit on the bike.


When the winds are calm the hot air balloons will make their way through the valley. This week three of them came down the river valley and made their way up the south hill of Stillwater just about hitting the tree tops in our neighborhood.

First the whooshing sound from the flame that heats the air; and then the bright colored fabric peeking through the trees...

it's pretty cool to see and hear.

This was the first time I have been to a State Fair, and I am glad we went. Due to the rainy morning I had Friday off and Jeff finished his work day early too. So we hopped on the bike and went to the prime parking spot for half the price of car parking.

We went up in the space needle thing and we could see an amazing distance through St. Paul and the true size and spectacle of the "Great Minnesota Get together" was in full sight. Wow.
There's no way that one is going to see everything there in one day! The different people are fascinating and there are so many things to take in.

I ate way too much bad food on a stick. Guess my gut isn't used to eating that much greasy food in such a short spans of time. And a fair amount of ice cream type treats to add to the heavy and full feeling. I had a happy stomach ache by the time we left.

We did the same things we did at the county fair, but in a much more grand scale.

I watched the horse something judging inside the arena, [the horse I picked didn't win].

Outside the arena there were English high stepping horses. There were a lot of different types of horses.

This was the cleanest cow I have ever seen in my life! I wanted to pet the fuzzy looking thing with the neatly groomed tail. It did still smell like a barn, but a clean one.

And the First Place Scarecrow is.......

Guess this speaks for it's self.

There were some children walking around with soap bubble guns that were so cool. I asked the Dad where he found it and he pointed me in the right direction. It's for Ridley.....Yea.... that's right, yea, Ridley.

Jeff asked me what my favorite part of the Fair was; and I think it was the whole experience. The food on a stick, the very clean livestock, the smells and sounds and the people were fun to see and watch until there got to be too many of them, and then it was the ride home.

I think I'm good now for a few years, but I could and would going again.