WISCONSIN STATE FAIR

It had been literally decades since my wife and I had been to Wisconsin's State Fair, held in one of Milwaukee's suburbs.  But when the visit by my son and family earlier this month coincided with the annual run of the fair, we decided to go.  I brought my camera and got the following:

Our first stop was to get the fair's iconic creampuffs.  Here is a shot of my son, Jeff, and grandson, Max, enjoying one.  For some reason Max was only interested in the powdered sugar atop the confection.

We also visited the giant ferris wheel, touted as the world's largest traveling ferris wheel.   The signs said the wheel stood 150 high.  I'm not sure either of those claims was true, but here are the shots I took.

Along the way we took in a couple of pig races.  Contrary to my assumption, the races were free, which was about what they were worth.

The best part of the races, as one might suspect was the talent of the announcer, whose narrative and jokes were polished and occasionally funny.

The next venue was the giant slide.  Jeff and I took the boys down the first time, and later Jeff and Bei took them down a second time.

I made a technical error in taking the above shot.  I used a narrow lens aperture, which necessitated a slower shutter speed, resulting in a blurring of Jeff, Bei, Stanley, and Max.

Every fair has vendors selling whatever the patrons will buy.  The following wares caught my eye.

Every fair has animals.  Here are a few.

"Ugh.  You're choking me."

Here are Jeff, Max, and Stanley in the scoop of one of the farm tractors on display.

Finally, I enjoyed the following trash receptacle.

John