Four States Fall 2018 - 10 - Cranberry Shopping

Back at the reception area we met Miss Wisconsin (and two runners-up...haha!)

There were two shopping areas. First was the gift shop with many cranberry delights and accessories.

Then there was a temporary tent filled with food products for the tasting.

As well as fresh cranberries, there was jam, jelly, salsa, wine, dried cranberries in wild rice, infused jerky, and more. Also, fresh honey made from cranberry blossoms.

We tried a few wines, some mixed with other berries, but too sweet for me.

We made a few purchases and moved back toward town.

On the way back it began to snow in earnest. Along the way we looked for one of the famous Wisconsin supper clubs for dinner that night. We came across Williams's as a good possibility, but an employee advised it was temporarily closed because of a death in the owner's family. We'll try this one next time.

Mike spotted this Huey Cobra mounted along side the road. It was Vietnam's first dedicated gunship. Although Mike flew crew on Chinooks, it was fun for him to see this helicopter.

Next stop, the actual festival.

Mostly shopping there with a wide variety of cranberry products, crafts, Christmas items, fishing tackle, etc. Get your coon skin hat here!

It was cold and wet, so we did not linger long. We took a quick sweep through the small downtown.

There was a knife store and Mike bought a new one for his collection. It is a "legal" switchblade type!?

There was an old bank converted to a gift shop. The vault was impressive.

It was cold and wet and we were over-shopped at that point. We opted for a brief respite back at the lodge. I had a hot bath to warm up and then out to dinner. We chose another supper club type restaurant that T&N had dined at in the past called Eddie B's White Spruce.

Had to sit in the bar a bit to wait for a table and all be darned if they didn't have a large copper nugget hanging on the wall as decor.

Not near as big as the one we hunted the day before, but pretty darn big and "spruced"up a bit.

Here's the guys and the lake view.

And the woodsy furniture.

Food was decent overall. Here's some samples...