Saturday afternoon
lucky13charm and I headed over to that strange land known as St. Paul to go to Minnesota State Fair, aka the Great Minnesota Get Together.

It was hot out, but we managed to balance the fine line of staying hydrated enough, but not drinking so much that we has to brave scary public bathrooms.
Upon entering the gate we immediately headed for the food building in search of our beloved
Deep fried pickles. We were momentarily distracted by the U of M Raptor Center and their birds:

( The rest is cut to save y'all from a picture heavy post if you just don't care: )And if you got through all that and said to yourself, "I wish there had been more pictures" you can check the rest of them out at
Dreamflyte.com