Saturday, Sept. 4, was a record setter at the Minnesota State Fair. In that single day, 234,384 people attended.
Even the line for a bus 11 miles away to take people to the fair was so long that when the double-bus arrived there wasn’t enough room and many had to wait for the next one.
But once people got in there they could stand in an even longer line to buy a little bucket of Sweet Martha’s cookies for $15. (Who says the economy is in trouble? — P.S., yes this photo is of the line for cookies. The French Meadow Bakery & Cafe is in the background, but the people facing forward are waiting for Sweet Martha’s cookies … and they won’t get them until I get mine, because I’m as big of a sucker for a good gimmick as everyone else!)
Speaking of gimmicks, Kiss played the fair. The group above is obviously not the real Kiss, but fans who showed up in costume and quickly realized they would have to pose for hundreds of photos with people, even though they aren’t really in Kiss. (By the way, it’s not really clear in the photo, but the baby is terrified.)