August 14, 2001the fair was at some distance---------------------
Today was Youth Day at the U.P. State Fair and we all field-tripped to Escanaba. In this photograph, my son and nephew show us all why a trip to the fair is such a special event! We enjoyed the perfect weather, wonderful company and exotic food. Slide Show -------------------- The fair was at some distance, and we decided to make an excursion of it. Jennie packed a picnic lunch, a ceremony she much enjoyed. Besides the mainstay of the meal, there were always many neatly wrapped little packages tucked into nooks and crannies. To the children these surprise packages were almost as exciting as a Christmas stocking, and I always marveled at her ingenuity and never spoiled the illusion even when I recognized their origin: the breakfast prunes, now stuffed with a tasty mixture of cream cheese and individually wrapped in waxed paper, the ends of each package twisted and fringed, making it look like a motto; the lone dill pickle, now in dainty little bunches of julienne strips; the half cantaloupe, trimmed into slim pink crescents accented with a few shreds of chipped beef. While Jennie was accomplishing this we shined up the "new" station wagon - new only in the sense that it was new to us. The dogs whimpered and looked dejected, sure that we were leaving forever. I think they had a premonition that this was to be a momentous day. - Helen Train Hilles
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