An Endangered Species--the Utah State Fair

The papers have been full of plans to sell the Fairpark, the valuable piece of North Temple land where the Utah Fair is held each year.  Dave and I grieved at the thought--visiting the fair is a beloved fall tradition.  We (and 300,000 others) made a pilgrimage to the fair this year--a large enough following for the fair to break a rare profit. 

 We wandered the midway on Friday, September 5, 2014, and also stopped at a tent operated by Al Rounds, a well-known Utah artist.  We bought a print of a young woman, all alone in a snowy vastness, pulling a handcart.  Al Rounds told us his prototype was an ancestor of President Hinckley, but I thought of my great-grandmother, Mary Bomelli, who also crossed the plains by handcart.

 Dave and I wandered through the craft exhibits, appreciating the stained glass and fine needlework, but looking askance at some strange sculptures!

 Our favorite exhibits were, of course, the animals--cows, goats, and lusciously obese pigs.