You know, I don't even remember the last time I was at the UP State Fair purely as a spectator.
It's UP State Fair week here in Upper Michigan, one of the few iconic events remaining that still draws people from all over the area. I did my TV bit on the fair last night, and that started me thinking, which, as we all know, can be a dangerous thing.
I don't think I've been to the UP State Fair purely as spectator since I was a kid.
That's probably not a surprise; I'm really not much for eating elephant ears and then hopping on a ride called “The Barfinator”. In fact, I don't think I've been at the Fair at any time in this century. I was there (it seems) almost every year in the 90s for concerts that we were promoting, but before that, as just a paying customer?
Like I said...maybe the 1970s.
My mom's friend Judy used to love going to the fair, and when I was quite young it seems like I went down with her and a bunch of other kids several times. That would have been the 70s; I was out of the UP in the 80s, there for concerts in the 90s, and like I said, since?
Nope.
Hopefully, that won't disqualify me from whatever Yooper credentials I've managed to accumulate. And, if nothing else, I hope it doesn't disqualify me from saying things like I said on TV last night. But I'll be the first to admit--
It's been a while since I've been to the UP State Fair. And I'm guessing that, for whatever reasons, it might be a while before I'm back.
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