It spooked me as an unaware cyclist could be impaled on that thing. Yesterday I merely was careful to swing out wide and avoid the spear but today I had a guest rider. She held my bicycle while I got the photo and then threw the branch back into the brush. Bicycling in the big city is dangerous enough without booby traps.The Fairgrounds is a ZOO today. There are several big events, the horse show, an antique furniture show, 4-H dog show, children's clothing sale, rubber stamp and scrapbooking convention. But the BIG event is prelude to the big football game scheduled for this evening. The University is playing North Dakota State. This is a big, big deal for NDSU. They have played the U a couple of times in recent years and have declined the role of sacrificial lambs. In 2006 Minnesota won by 10-9 but in 2007 NDSU won 27-21. NDSU is taking this very seriously. The morning newspaper predicted that they would have 14,000 fans at the game and that many of them would be tailgating before the game at the Fairgrounds parking lot. That same parking lot is also used for tailgating by Gopher faithful.
Well, the parking lot was jammed absolutely full with the colors of the two schools flying on banners and also showing up on the bodies of the multitudes. It should be a fun atmosphere for the game tonight.
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