How many campers at the iowa state fair

Aug 11 - 21, Days Hours Min. Off-seasons camping is closed for the season and will reopen mid-April See you in the spring! Although there are numerous hotels and motels in the area some event organizers and guests prefer taking advantage of our acre campsite. There are plenty of campsites available now with country comforts alongside city conveniences. But the hot items are ice, ice cream, milk and bread.

The Fisher family from Villisca that has camped for 52 years hauls an entire kitchen out of storage, including a gas stove that may date to the s.

Their five-camper, four-generation complex can welcome as many as 30 people for breakfast. When I stopped by, cousins Jolee Fisher, 8, and Jackson Fisher, 6, were staging a toy animal arena fair show on their own custom stage. The WWC actually is a registered media organization at the fair. I still feel sheepish that I missed the ritual feces fling for the first time in years. And why?

I had to attend a crucial pair of meetings at the office. I should have taken a page from Walters and Skyped into the meetings from the campgrounds. While gnawing on a Pork Almighty and warming up my throwing arm. Facebook Twitter Email. Iowa State Fair campgrounds are for fun, family and Show Caption.

Hide Caption. Fair-ly entertaining: Kids talk State Fair food and the butter cow. Aug 11 - 21, Days Hours Min. Registered campers are those who have a permanent spot every year during the Iowa State Fair. Registered campers have mailed in a form to be placed on our waitlist each year and after many years of patiently waiting, they have been granted a permanent camping spot during the Fair.

Non-registered campers are those that want a permanent spot, but have not received one yet.