Whether you think the Oregon State Fair was “Too Big to Miss” or too big to avoid, people went. And they documented their experiences online, offering personal filters for Salem’s largest event of the year.
New Willamette University poetry professor Mike Chasar has a poet’s perspective on the reams of rhymes at the fair over at his cheeky blog Poetry and Popular Culture, which has quickly been morphing into one of my must-visit sites since his move to Salem about two months ago.
The Salem, Oregon Daily Photo Diary has some scenes from the fair — if ever you though the place too busy for a contemplative image, you’ll think again after checking out this and this.
Stayton, Oregon Daily Photo Diary has some gorgeous night shots of the fair, likely while I was dozing merrily in my little cottage, waiting for the Pink Floyd laser show to die down every night.
Kid Friendly Salem does a rundown of the fair’s accessibility for families. May I add that Columbia Hall had the most stylish and well-stocked toilets, the photography exhibition had the worst.
Posie Gets Cozy has some images of some farm animals I would like to know. Not that way, silly. Ewwww.
Eat Salem has a collection of videos from other sources, as well as a photo slideshow of fair food.
Lovin’ My Quilts posted images of the stunning quilt show. My inner Lancastrian just sniffed.
Liseanne has some great shots of the fair on her flickr site. I’m partial to the Asian pears.
Any others?
I could not get enough of watching The Big Sling or whatever the hell it was called. Someone said $50 for two was a price reduction from previous years. Wow.
Don’t forget Salemites.com and salemorcalendar.blogspot.com. Salemites had an on-going article through the fair and videos while for the calendar I had some pics (click link for slide show).
http://www.salemites.com/search?q=oregon+state+fair
http://salemorcalendar.blogspot.com/2009/08/oregon-state-fair-2009.html
Because of family and friends participating in various Fair activities and shows, I attended the Fair on three separate days. After Day Two, the Fair didn’t seem ‘big’ at all. After Day Three, I was a seasoned veteran – no longer shocked that you could buy Deep Fried Bacon…to eat no less. Thank you very much for your visit to my blog and gracious comments.
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