The planners sure blew the organization and traffic. With that volume, they should have told people to arrive before 1:00.
I'm very glad I didn't get to park in the fairgrounds, it took a long time for them to get out of there. I ended up parking south of the fairgrounds and walked across the highway.
Bobwade and his wife and her parents got there "real early" and parked in the main lot BUT 45 minutes after we left, he called and said he was almost out of the lot. I told him we were shopping 6 miles away.