dakota county fair

I attended 2 rain-marred events today, the lid-lifter was the Dakota county fair in Farmington. I had hoped to see my college roommate there, but he did not respond, must have been too busy since he has a family. I was at the fair for about 90 minutes, I made the most of my time there. I skipped the animal exhibits, much like I do at the Minnesota state fair, but really enjoyed the art building. this included art of a mermaid, mount rushmore, and baseball equipment- got photos of each of these. I looked around at what was called 'Dakota city', which appeared to be a village of preserved buildings. I was thrilled to see one of the food trailers was serving godfather's pizza, so I had some. just before that I had a black cherry ice cream cone. as an iowa native I mostly ate their pizza, but hard to find in the twin cities. also had some fries from another food trailer. it was the smallest cup, but still plenty of fries! and there was music as well, another thing I enjoy about festivals/fairs. as I arrived I heard a local radio station playing 'just a girl' by no doubt. as I was leaving I heard 'party in the USA' by miley cyrus. I checked the weather report in advance so I was ready, and had my rain jacket with me.
   the second event was the st. paul saints game, a 7-0 loss to Sioux falls. I chose this game as there was a giveaway, a foam baseball mitt, sponsored by the Minnesota corn growers. I got their little baseball bat as well, last year as I recall. I like the mitt more than the 'we're number one!' foam hands. there was some rain at the saints game, but it was near the end, not really until the 8th inning. Sioux falls hit a grand slam, but it was the final scoring of the game, they were ahead even before it. this is my seventh saints game of the season, they haven't won many of the games I have attended. at this point my interests are to see three more games, one of them is just before labor day weekend, which is at the end of the season.