One of the best Minnesota weekends yet

First, if you don’t like crowds, standing in lines, insanely great people watching, then the fair is NOT for you. There are more people than you can shake a stick at and I don’t really understand that saying but if you were there shaking a stick you’d be about the middle of the weirdo curve.

That was a picture down just one street and then I turned in a different direction…

Before you look too closely I know no-one in these shots. My kids were in line for food that I was uninterested in so I was people bathing. I did have a reader ask for a picture of me and them together but we didn’t really take any of those. I did however take this keeper…

That’s my kids next to the Super Colon because that is what we do. A trip through the giant inflatable intestine was surprisingly cool on a warm day. So much good tasting food that is so bad for me I probably should have paid more attention to the giant poop chute but we had more to see. And once we had enough they wanted to visit the Death Star. (Mall of America nickname I stole from my friend Rachel) Once we were there I got the “hey Dad they took the time to put a full amusement park in the middle of this mall so I feel like we should go on at least one ride…”

Yup, when in Rome. I was a little worried the boy would fly out as that thing clearly wasn’t built for people of our stature. I was laughing because his entire torso was showing on another turn and you can’t see some riders heads…

They are back home safely, my house is back to normal, and my heart is full. A truly great weekend.