Iowa State Fair 1962

listening to the water in the water mill brings the Iowa State Fair into my mind We had a water mill ride In the sixties it was something We would wait all day for a chance to get sprinkled with water funnel cakes were not invented yet back in the day but we had lizards on a stick live ones. you had the option to pin them on your blouse until they expired in the heat the midway was a riot you could hear the screams all over the park we were dragged to the ladies auxiliary building to look at quilts for hours when I got older I sneaked off to the 4-h barn that’s where the cute boys were an innocent time when children could run around freely and no one worried about being sex trafficked or kidnapped I think of these days fondly when I see a wood mill So I thank you for this memory