Random picture thread for Friday

ADDED OPENING DAY ALASKA STATE FAIR PHOTOS

Then there is fair food. One of our obligatory stops at the Alaska State Fair is "Dean's Corndog Corner," the log cabin #3 on the fair's Green Trail where long time family friends offer hand dipped corndogs:

Jimmy Dean, son of Lynn and Dottie Dean who founded "Dean's Corndog Corner" decades ago, pictured with a member of his extended family based crew serving up a just deep fried corndog:

The fair grounds Gardensand floral features:

What goes must come down:

A nod to Palmer's Past, the once thriving Matanuska Maid Dairy brand:

A Parting View from the Carnival "Midway."

AND FOR ANY WHO MISSED IT, A REPOSTED LINK TO MY ALASKA STATE FAIR OPENING DAY MUSIC VIDEOS COMPILED INTO A PLAYLIST:

The Alaska State Fair in Palmer Alaska in this year of 2026 celebrate its 90th year. August 21st, the opening day, is memorialized in this video playlist.

Included are the amusement park rides of the Carnival location, the lawn sized floral arrangement decorated with 90th year signage, the Alaska News Source Reporter Georgina Fernandez as she is filmed for the state wide evening TV broadcast, dairy farm goats in the farm animal location, a helicopter and BMX Bikes competing for air space, an animatronic dinosaur from the Cretaceous Kingdom Dinosaur Adventure exhibition, magician Scott and his two children who flew in from Orlando Florida to perform.

Link to My Alaska State Fair Opening Day Music Videos - Compiled into a YouTube Video Playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLS-piS47I9wE

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