Sunday, September 1, 2013

Cranberries!

Cranfest 2012



 
2012 was 40th consecutive Festival
Held annually, the last full weekend in September

Small town Wisconsin



Traffic jam for the festival.
Draws over 100,000 visitors each year





Cranberry bogs

More bogs underconstruction in foreground

Cranberry vines/plants. 
No; the berries don't grow underwater. 

Bogs flooded, berries removed from vines, and ready to gather


 
They float because each berry has four air pockets


Harvesting equipment


Grandma sorted cranberries in this building.






Yogi first opened here in 1972


 
 
A "Must See" destination

 

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