Each August, the Indiana State Fairgrounds are host to the Indiana State Fair.
The Fair itself runs for over 2 weeks, within that time there are displays of produce, livestock, endless amounts of food to buy and try (surprise), rides and attractions, and also live bands/performances. For a link to some photographs that I snapped on the evening I visited the fair, click the image below!
One of the main reasons for our visit to the Fair was for the food … everyone had told me that this was one of the main reasons to go. Most if it was amazing (pork, steak, and chicken sandwiches), whilst some of it was just weird: donut burgers, deep fried butter, deep fried Oreos, deep fried cookie dough. Apparently they’ve even had deep fried Pepsi before … I still don’t understand how that’s possible. The deep fried cookie dough and Oreos were ok; however the deep fried butter was close to making me throw up. It was terrible!! There is a video that was filmed of me riding a on a mechanical bull in a challenge … but I can’t seem to find it anywhere so you’ll have to use your imagination. Below is the obligatory picture of me eating … a funnel cake this time.
It was an enjoyable evening there, the place full of people and everyone having a great time. Even a freak downpour of rain where it was almost as though somebody had switched on a shower head failed to dampen the enjoyment. The rain came down just as I was in a queue for all the deep fried food!
However, just under a week later there was a freak storm that did ruin the enjoyment of the Fair for almost everybody. On Saturday August 13th, high winds whipped through the main concert stage area at the Fair ultimately bringing about the collapse of the stage. The structure fell onto the crowd that were still gathered at the front of the stage and had not yet moved for shelter from the storm. So far 7 people have died from the incident and there were many more injured. Below are some links to news stories about the incident:
I’m glad that I wasn’t at the Fair that night, but watching the coverage on the news it was clear to see how everybody there (the public, emergency services etc) pulled together to try to deal with the situation.
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