Alles Gute at the Oktoberfest

Today was a fun day and we went to Snowbird to see the Oktoberfest!  This is one of those things that is often on the "to do" list, but something that we rarely actually do.  We went this year in honor of my mom, who not only loved to go every year for the fun party and to honor her German heritage, but to see her brother Helmut who owns an awesome European import store and always has a booth there.



The drive up with the fall colors was so pretty even though this particular picture is the Big Cottonwood Canyon heading to Brighton instead of Little Cottonwood Canyon heading to Snowbird.  So we took the wrong road! What's your point?



Me and my uncle Helmut

My aunt Janet

Their store Edelweiss

We took the tram ride to the top of the mountain

More pretty colors on the way up

We made a new friend at the top of the mountain.

Gotta love the accordion and what my grandpa used to call "um-pa-pa" music :).

This is what German's do for entrainment.  It's a contest to see who could dance the longest while holding a raw egg between their heads.  No wonder they have a reputation of being crazy :).

 

We had a yummy pretzel...



... and not so yummy bratwurst and sauerkraut.  They trick you by making it smell really good, but it's a scam and the food is really overpriced and awful.  If you want to try good German food, come over to my house and let me make it for you :).

Still, we toasted Granny with our wurst...

... and listed to the Alpen horns.

The drive back down was just as pretty

 

It got dark and rained on our way home.  The sky was dark with just a little bit of Granny shining through the clouds.  Very nice!