It was a busy day or driving and picture taking in southern Minnesota. I went to the Laura Ingalls Wilder museum in Walnut Grove, about an hour west of New Ulm. I got a smashed penny souvenir, my 6th of the year. I got other souvenirs, but tried to be careful to avoid getting postcards I already had since I toured the Laura home in Burr Oak, IA, 3 years ago. Then it was on to the Brown County Fair in New Ulm. It is called a free fair as it is free admission. Nice to see animal exhibits there, as the Ramsey County Fair in Maplewood doesn't have any unless you count the petting zoo. I also brought CDs with me for the drive. Two were comedy CDs, including the $4.99 show, and the one by the Wisconsin guy. The other two were music, Kelly Clarkson greatest hits and a classic country jukebox. The former was bought at a Best Buy store recently, the latter during my Toronto visit last month. Before Walnut Grove I stopped at a place calling itself Minnesota's answer to Wall Drug and got postcards and some cheese. Also stopped at the lunch buffet at Godfather's Pizza in St. Peter. I had a pulled pork sandwich and some Schell's beer at the fair. I was at the county fair for just under two hours, which was long enough to see everything that I wanted to see. Memorable of course was the music. Before a band did a sound check I heard some recorded music, two songs stand out. It was
'Have you ever seen the rain' by CCR, and 'Landslide' by Fleetwood Mac. With the former I had to pause and just listen to it until the end. Even though I haven't seen the movie Philadelphia, I think of the version in that movie, by the Spin Doctors, more often. The third notable song of the fair was I'm yours by Jason Mraz. It was near a midway ride, a reminder of starting comedy nearly seven years ago. When I was taking a picture of a light pole banner as I was leaving Walnut Grove I heard that Cheerleader song. I went to the Hy-Vee grocery store after the fair and got a sparkling ice drink. As I was leaving New Ulm, the song Walk the Line (from the country music CD) was playing.
'Have you ever seen the rain' by CCR, and 'Landslide' by Fleetwood Mac. With the former I had to pause and just listen to it until the end. Even though I haven't seen the movie Philadelphia, I think of the version in that movie, by the Spin Doctors, more often. The third notable song of the fair was I'm yours by Jason Mraz. It was near a midway ride, a reminder of starting comedy nearly seven years ago. When I was taking a picture of a light pole banner as I was leaving Walnut Grove I heard that Cheerleader song. I went to the Hy-Vee grocery store after the fair and got a sparkling ice drink. As I was leaving New Ulm, the song Walk the Line (from the country music CD) was playing.
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