BUILDING TODAY. AND SOME FOLKS ARE ALREADY GETTING A HEAD START ON THE FAIR. FUN. KCCI IS BEAU BOWMAN IS LIVE TONIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS TO SHOW US HOW THE FAIR HAS ALREADY STARTED FOR SOME LUCKY FOLKS. BO. YEAH. STACY, IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE THE FAIR HAS ALREADY STARTED DOWN HERE JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT WE TALKED TO SOME FOLKS WHO SAY THESE DAYS BEFORE THE GATES OPEN CAN BE SOME OF THE BUSIEST FOR THEM. THE MADNESS HAS ALREADY STARTED. ONE WALKING TACO ON CERTAIN CORNERS OF THE FAIRGROUNDS. WE GOT FRITOS, CHEETOS AND DORITOS. THE WEST DES MOINES METHODIST CHURCH WALKING TACO WITH NO ONIONS OPENED THEIR DINER TUESDAY. AND YOU WANT JALAPENOS ON THAT? WORKING OUT THE KINKS BEFORE THE GATES OPEN IN LESS THAN 48 HOURS, SERVING THE FOUR FAMILIES WHO LIKE TO UNLOAD EARLY. I FOLLOW MY DAUGHTER AROUND SHOWING HORSES AND THE JUDGES LOOKING FOR A BITE TO EAT. WE’RE SO GLAD THAT THE THAT THE METHODIST CHURCH STAND IS HERE. OTHERWISE, I DON’T KNOW WHAT US JUDGES WOULD DO TODAY. THERE ON THE FAIRGROUND IS GRADING PROJECTS IN THE FOUR H BUILDING AND THEY HAVE TO FINISH BEFORE THE FAIR EVEN BEGINS. WE HAVE TO BE DONE BY TOMORROW EVENING AND GET THINGS DISPLAYED. SO THEY’RE READY TO GO ON THURSDAY MORNING. OTHER GRILLS ARE STILL BEING SCRUBBED. FINAL PREP STATIONS ARE UNDERWAY AT THE NEW PORK TENT AND THIS COOLER WILL SOON BE STUFFED WITH BOXES OF CHOPS. THOUSANDS OF POUNDS, I MEAN, ESSENTIALLY, YEAH, OF ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF PRODUCTS. SO THE AROMA OF GRILLED PORK DRIFTING FROM THE NEW PATIO AND SETTLING IN THE SNOUTS OF HUNGRY IOWANS EAGER TO STAND IN LINE AND EAT THEIR FAVORITE FAIR FOODS. IT FEELS REALLY GREAT TO BE AT THE SPOT WE ARE TODAY. NOW, A FEW OTHER VENDORS HERE ON THE GRAND CONCOURSE TELL ME THEY’RE GOING TO OPEN TOMORROW SO THAT THESE EARLY BIRDS HERE GETTING READY FOR THE FAIR HAE SOMEWHERE TO EAT. BUT FOR NOW, WE’RE LIVE FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS.