Slide Slide Slippity-Slide

"Come along and ride on a fantastic voyage" yeah, I have that song stuck in my head right now looking at today's photo. It is a night shot at the Minnesota State Fair of the Giant Slide. This was always a childhood favorite growing up. I must say, I couldn't wait to take my two children on the slide when they were old enough. This slide was quite the attraction when it first opened up back in, I believe, the 1940's. Could be wrong on the build date, but it was some where around that time frame. You must walk all the way to the top of the slide using the stairs on the left hand side, while you carry a burlap sack up with you. There are microphones that pick up your screams, yells, laughter while you travel back down to the bottom. It's not to be missed.

The total attendance for the 2006 Minnesota Stair Fair was 1,680,579. Not a record setting year, but the numbers were up from 2005.

Hey Mister, Ya Gotta Wear A Helmet

Only a die hard movie fan can name the movie quote in the title of today's posting.

This photo was submitted from a co-worker, Dave R, he attended a Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers baseball game this past Saturday. I'm drawing a blank unfortunately as to why he was on the field during batting practice, but it was part of a game day package that the Twins front office sent to him. He was able to be on the field during batting practice, have a few autographs signed and he was able to take pictures.

The Twins are creeping up on the slumping Detroit Tigers. It'll be a crazy last three weeks of baseball before the playoffs begin.

Ice Palace 2004 Series - pic 5

A distance shot of the main Ice Palace tower taken by Travis during the 2004 St Paul Winter Carnival. The white spots are snow flakes.

Honkey Tonk Hot Dogs

A huge part of the Minnesota State Fair is the food. From deep fried Twinkies to Spaghetti and Meatballs on-a-stick [no, that's not a misprint] to deep fried candy bars, my last daily photo entry of French Fries to my favorite, cheese curds. Most of the food booths specialize in one type of food at their booth. They all sell soda pop at each food stand to help increase their profit.

When I was in high school and was barely working at the time, I had very little money to spend. I went to the fair every day that I could. I just wanted to people watch and look at the exhibits that I normally don't visit in a days time. I still had to eat and found the best bang for your buck was to visit the foot long hot dog stand and then head over to the RC Cola booth for a soda as they had the lowest priced beverage at the fair.

French Fries, Eat Fresh

The french fries stand was the first place we hit for food. Always a good deal and the fries are always outstanding and quite the popular attraction. I am bummed my one photo I took of the Cheese Curds stand did not turn out. Nothing stays Minnesota State Fair like Cheese Curds.

We all have standards

This was the first photo I took when I entered the Minnesota State Fair Grounds. As you can see by the shadows, the sun was nearly setting when I arrived so there was little time for any daylight photos. I was in the area that has a lot of historic value, some places to purchase items and of course food. The Standard sign was just screaming at me to take a photo of it with the suns glare bouncing off of it.

People Are People

128,966 was the attendance for the day I was at the Minnesota State Fair. Labor Day was the final day of the fair's run. This street is one of the shorter streets where I am standing, but the sea of people is pretty much what every street looks like as you walk down the roads.

We're Going Streaking

Today's photo coincides from yesterdays daily photo of the Skyride at the Minnesota State Fair. The cars on the Skyride go overhead on metal ropes strung between tall masts similar to what you would find on some skislopes high in the mountains. The blue streak of light is on the skyride cars, if you look at yesterday's photo closely, you can see a blue stripe of light above the number 4. That is what is displayed in today's photo with one of the support beams also in view.

MN State Fair: Skyride

Made a quick visit to the Minnesota State Fair a few days ago. Here is the first shot of the Skyride that you can ride over a good majority of the fair grounds. This is one side of the ride during the evening hours.

Daily Photo Theme Day: Doorway

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This doorway is on the side of First Avenue music night club, which hosts various musical artist, plus a few other activities. First Avenue was featured in my June 11, 2006 daily photo. The entire outside of the building features the stars with the artists and bands that have performed previously at First Avenue.