In spite of this weekend being a traditional "holiday", many have been laboring with end-of-summer chores. Our local winemaker spent this past weekend and last weekend with friends and family volunteers harvesting grapes, then going through the crush and press process to get the juice for future wines. Once the grapes are snipped off the vines (by hand), buckets of the juicy fruit are brought into "town", Watonga, and the crush and press is done on site of the winery on Main Street. It is a wonderful agri-tourism activity, with people coming from Edmond, other suburbs of OKC, and as far away as Dallas to help. Brad's wife cooks and sets out a wonderful lunch for the workers. They are harvesting again this morning to try to get the last of the grapes off the vine, so it will be another busy day.
There were family reunions and gatherings all weekend in the area. Motels were full, the Lodge and campsites at Roman Nose State Park were all filled, and Chaparral Retreat & Guesthouse B&B had a full house. The weather was beautiful. There were more boats on Canton Lake than I have seen out there in several years, and the beach was packed. This was a perfect weekend to attract tourists to our area.
The Blaine County Free Fair was held last the last weekend in August. Winners in the numerous categories will be in the Watonga Republican. On a personal note, I won ribbons on two photographs I submitted (below). I encourage all Blaine County residents to start thinking about what they can contribute to the Blaine County Fair for next year!!
(c) Linda Barrett 2016
(c) Linda Barrett 2016
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