Scenes From The Alaska State Fair, 1

We always do state fairs whenever they cross our path, and Alaska can now join Ohio, Texas, North Carolina, Florida, Montana, and others. The state fairgrounds are in Palmer, near Anchorage. It was only the 2nd day of the fair, and thus we missed much of the livestock and farm offerings...Alaska grows some enormous fruits and veggies, but they appear only in the fair's latter days, after soaking up as much daylight as possible. Nonetheless, we found much that was interesting, much that was characteristically Alaskan, and much that was amusing. We took nearly 150 pix between us, which we have edited down to this and the next post.

With Smokey

Kiddie water-zorbing

Sign of the times

Copter rides

Sculpture

Crab cage

Axe-throwing

Tundra dogs

Still growing...

Save the grizzly bear

Haven't seen these in years...

Street scene

Mostly beers and porters and such

Vicki's was better

In one of the aisles of the huge crafts building

Personal favorite

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Lace-making the old-fashioned way

Library quilt, Vicki's favorite

Bottle cork art