Since I couldn’t get into my AirBnB in Des Moines until later in the afternoon, my plan was to arrive early in the day and get to the Iowa State Fair. How often would I have the opportunity to go to this fair. I arrived in time to catch the last day.
What do you do when you go to a state fair? Eat!
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I ate the Bacon-wrapped Rib on-a-stick
 I ate the curly fries with cheese
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I ate the hard boiled egg with
Old Bay Seasoning on a stick
 I did not eat the Iowa lobster
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There were fun things to see including the famous butter cow! Yes…. it is a full size sculpture made of butter which is housed behind glass in the butter room.
I was curious what they did with the cow after the fair. So I did a little digging. After the fair, they turn off the fridge and let the butter soften. They then put it into about 20 5 gallon buckets and store it until the next year. They store the butter and will use it for future butter cow sculptures…. about 4 years worth!
Just like other fairs, there were other interesting things to see.
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Lots of people here and I could see Des Moines in the distance.
I left the fair around noon but did go back in the evening to see the Doobie Brothers close out the fair.
