MN State Fair
Aug. 29th, 2010 12:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spiderplanetOn Saturday, we went to the "Great Minnesota Get Together," the State Fair. I took photos, and I even tried to take photos of things that weren't photographed in previous years.
I took 277 photos, I have deemed about sixty of them tolerable enough to post. This is the first round of photos.
Let's start with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) building. In recent years, the DNR building is all about the taxidermy.
As recently as about five years ago, the DNR building had caged wild animals on display. One couldn't help but feel terrible for the neurotic, unhappy animals pacing back and forth in cages that were always too small and sometimes adjacent to a natural predator. For displays that show off Minnesota wildlife species, I prefer the donated or re-appropriated taxidermy. Also, taxidermied animals are good at holding still for photos.
Deer hunting is a very big deal in Minnesota. Most hunters buy licenses, hunt safely and follow the rules. A few don't.
This next area is to promote the Turn In Poachers program. In addition to providing information about poaching, the area also pisses off all the hunters who play by the rules because the bigger antlers are the most desirable, and it seems unfair that some jackhole got that really impressive buck. Lots of angry grumbling can be overheard in this area.
For those of you from outside Minnesota, the city of Bloomington is the third largest city and the largest tourist destination in Minnesota. Hunting is verboten in densely populated residential areas, and a bit alarming. Publishing a photo of a poached animal on the cover of a magazine is flat out ballsy.
Another big deal in Minnesota is fishing.
Finally, the biggest deal of all, bad puns.
Next up is the sheep barn! Along with many other State Fair buildings, the Sheep and Poultry Building was built as part of the WPA.
Here are some sheep who have not been shorn.
Here is a sheep in the process of being shorn.
Here are some recently shorn sheep.
Farm kids are probably the toughest people in Minnesota. Imagine the smell in a building where hundreds of large mammals take a dump on the floor. Then, think about taking a nap within five feet of a sheep's ass.
Then there's food.
Here's a cross section of a Scotch Egg.caffine claims that this was better than the Scotch Eggs at the Renaissance Festival.
We didn't eat most of those, but we still ate too much.
That's enough for now. More photos later.
I took 277 photos, I have deemed about sixty of them tolerable enough to post. This is the first round of photos.
Let's start with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) building. In recent years, the DNR building is all about the taxidermy.
As recently as about five years ago, the DNR building had caged wild animals on display. One couldn't help but feel terrible for the neurotic, unhappy animals pacing back and forth in cages that were always too small and sometimes adjacent to a natural predator. For displays that show off Minnesota wildlife species, I prefer the donated or re-appropriated taxidermy. Also, taxidermied animals are good at holding still for photos.
Deer hunting is a very big deal in Minnesota. Most hunters buy licenses, hunt safely and follow the rules. A few don't.
This next area is to promote the Turn In Poachers program. In addition to providing information about poaching, the area also pisses off all the hunters who play by the rules because the bigger antlers are the most desirable, and it seems unfair that some jackhole got that really impressive buck. Lots of angry grumbling can be overheard in this area.
For those of you from outside Minnesota, the city of Bloomington is the third largest city and the largest tourist destination in Minnesota. Hunting is verboten in densely populated residential areas, and a bit alarming. Publishing a photo of a poached animal on the cover of a magazine is flat out ballsy.
Another big deal in Minnesota is fishing.
Finally, the biggest deal of all, bad puns.
Next up is the sheep barn! Along with many other State Fair buildings, the Sheep and Poultry Building was built as part of the WPA.
Here are some sheep who have not been shorn.
Here is a sheep in the process of being shorn.
Here are some recently shorn sheep.
Farm kids are probably the toughest people in Minnesota. Imagine the smell in a building where hundreds of large mammals take a dump on the floor. Then, think about taking a nap within five feet of a sheep's ass.
Then there's food.
Here's a cross section of a Scotch Egg.
caffine claims that this was better than the Scotch Eggs at the Renaissance Festival. We didn't eat most of those, but we still ate too much.
That's enough for now. More photos later.
