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A deep-fried, bacon-wrapped whole turkey leg is often on the menu at the nation's state fairs. (Minnesota State Fair)

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, and Armando "Chick" Galella cross a span of the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement, called the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, near Tarrytown, N.Y., Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. Galella also participated in the opening ceremonies of the original Tappan Zee Bridge in 1955. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held a day before vehicles start rolling across the massive new Hudson River span. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, third from right, cuts a ribbon along with other guests during a ceremony for the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement, called the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, on a span of the new bridge near Tarrytown, N.Y., Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. The event was held a day before vehicles start rolling across the massive new Hudson River span. Cuomo and a host of other dignitaries attended Thursday's ceremony for the 3-mile long bridge, which is being named after Cuomo's late father. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Construction workers watch a ribbon cutting ceremony from an uncompleted section of the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement, called the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, near Tarrytown, N.Y., Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. The event was held a day before vehicles start rolling across on side of the new Hudson River span. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, and Armando "Chick" Galella cross a span of the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement, called the The Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, near Tarrytown, N.Y., Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. Galella also participated in the opening ceremonies of the original Tappan Zee Bridge in 1995. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held a day before vehicles start rolling across the massive new Hudson River span. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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In this Monday, Aug. 7, 2017 photo a customer arrives at a hardware store in Patten, Maine near the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. Several local businesses have made investments in order to cater to the monument's visitors. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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This photo provided by Cedar Point Amusement Park shows the Valravn, the new roller coaster that's opening to the public on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. The roller coaster has already broken records. It's now recognized as the tallest, fastest and longest dive coaster. (Jordan Sternberg/Cedar Point Amusement Park via AP)

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Inspector Mueller pays a call (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)
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The pathway leading up to the faces at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. (Eric Althoff/The Washington Times)

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This image from video, shows a inflatable chicken on the Ellipse, just south of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. The giant inflatable chicken bearing the unmistakable hairstyle of the commander in chief transfixed tourists and television cameras in the nation’s capital. (AP Photo)

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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, AUG. 14, 2017, AND THEREAFTER- In this Aug. 5, 2017, photo, Stone Soup members Tony Penton, Gabrielle Hastings and Christine Popp help serve food to anyone looking for a meal and some conversation in Fond du Lac, Wis. Stone Soup sets up every Saturday in the Fond du Lac Library parking lot. (Doug Raflik/The Reporter via AP)

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Raven Albrecht puts a hat on her 2-year-old maltese yorkshire terrier mix, Idgie, at her shop Ravenworks in Westgate Mall in Madison, Wis., Thursday, July 27, 2017. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

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This undated photo provided by the Audubon Canyon Ranch shows two 10-day-old mountain lion kittens they are tracking in Sonoma County near Glen Ellen, Calif., north of San Francisco. The kittens were photographed again on Aug. 2, 2017, and are expected to stay with their mother for up to two years before they separate and hunt for themselves. (Quinton Martins/Audubon Canyon Ranch via AP)

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This image released by Lionsgate shows Brie Larson as Jeannette Walls in "The Glass Castle." (Jake Giles Netter/Lionsgate via AP)

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Tourists stand outside of a hotel after being evacuated following an earthquake in Ruo'ergai in southwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in southwestern China near a famous national park, killing people and knocking out power and phone networks. (Chinatopix via AP)

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This aerial photo provided by DolphinSafari.com shows a baby gray whale in Dana Point Harbor, seen during Captain Dave's Dolphin and Whale Watching Safari in Dana Point, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. The whale, about 15 to 18 feet long, swam into a shallow children's area called Baby Beach and circled a pier. Kayakers were able to get within a few feet of the animal, which at one point swam under paddle boarders. (Domenic Biagini/DolphinSafari.com via AP)

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This aerial photo provided by DolphinSafari.com shows a baby gray whale in Dana Point Harbor, seen during Captain Dave's Dolphin and Whale Watching Safari in Dana Point, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. The whale, about 15 to 18 feet long, swam into a shallow children's area called Baby Beach and circled a pier. Kayakers were able to get within a few feet of the animal, which at one point swam under paddle boarders. (Domenic Biagini/DolphinSafari.com via AP)

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This aerial photo provided by DolphinSafari.com shows a baby gray whale in Dana Point Harbor, seen during Captain Dave's Dolphin and Whale Watching Safari in Dana Point, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. The whale, about 15 to 18 feet long, swam into a shallow children's area called Baby Beach and circled a pier. Kayakers were able to get within a few feet of the animal, which at one point swam under paddle boarders. (Domenic Biagini/DolphinSafari.com via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, AUG. 12, 2017 Former boxers, from left, Russell Newton, Gary Holmgren and Gary Struss gather in the tiny basement where they trained during the 1970's, on Front Street in St. Paul, Minn. on July 26, 2017. Building owner Greg Brendemuehl plans to build a new boxing ring in the exact spot where the boxers trained and made names for themselves decades ago. (Scott Takushi/St. Paul Pioneer Press via AP)

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FILE - In this May 18, 2004 file photo, visitors walk past Hartwell Tavern on the restored Battle Road at Minute Man National Historical Park in Lincoln, Mass. The park is just a few miles from Walden Pond, the little lake in Concord that Henry David Thoreau immortalized. (AP Photo/Julia Malakie, File)