Blogtoberfest

We recently had friends come visit from New Mexico and we did a weekend trip to Leavenworth, WA. Jeff is Earl's college room mate and Jen is his lovely wife.

We went to Costa Rica with them back in February and boating the San Juans a few years back. On both of those trips, we encountered near death experiences, but that's another story. Needless to say, I think we all were a bit hesitant about this one. But how dangerous could Leavenworth be? Jen's running a marathon and we're drinking beer as she runs by. It is Octoberfest you know.

Here is the marathon start line. Jenn is in there somewhere. The guy up front won it I think. Jen did awesome! The weather was pretty good; cool, sun breaks, a few showers early on. It didn't stop her from running or us from cheering.

After the race, we had to rest a little bit. It was exhausting watching all of those people run and then cheering for them at the same time. I mean, we had to stand in one place for awhile and then jump in the car and relocate to another spot so we could see Jen run by. We finally got some chairs from the condo so that we could cheer properly.

When we were all rested, we got our second wind and headed into town. Probably a good idea we decided to walk. We hit the beer garden right away. You could tell we were Octoberfest Amateurs. We didn't have crazy hats, real beer steins or lederhosen. Next year, we'll be prepared.

There were three huge tents to party in. All of them had German bands playing the chicken dance and various polkas. There were rules like no standing on the tables or the benches, no drinking on the dance floor and I think there was one more rule, but I don't remember it. Once in a while you'd hear a ruckus and look over to see a snockered participant on the floor. He broke rule number one. You could tell because the bench was tipped over and he was on his back with beer all over him.

We all had a good time. Earl & Jeff were in rare form, but what do you expect when two college room mates meet up with tents full of beer. They were in heaven. Can't wait to read Jeff's blog about it http://panchowonton.blogspot.com/. I guess he'll have to update it now.

Later in the evening we met up with some fun folks at the next table. This guy actually had a Grand Poobah hat, like the Flintstones! Cool. A fellow partier let me borrow her weiner hat for the photo op. Good times!

If you get a chance to celebrate Octoberfest, do it! What a blast!