Every year during the last two weeks of September, I look forward to the Eastern States Exposition, also known as The Big E. It’s the Northeast’s version of the state fair that is held in West Springfield, MA.
The 17-day long affair is unlike any other fair we have in this area. The Avenue of States is a multi-building walk through each state in the Northeast: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire, in addition to the agricultural displays, the midway, and the rows of rows of food vendors that offer anything and everything fried.