Beef A Rama and Winter Park Day

It was a cool but ok weekend to get out and do a few events. The trusty Iphone camera came along instead of my main camera as it fits in a pocket so bare with the graininess. The above picture was taken heading down the trail across from the resort for a bike ride into Minocqua for Beef A Rama. Iphones do not like bumpy trails while I am trying to keep up with 2 kids and document the beautiful colors. I think nice leaf pictures will have to wait for my cannon camera but you get the idea A much easier less bumpy picture cutting through Timber Ridge to the bike trail The colors were coming out on the bike trail and it was a beautiful 3 miles on the Bearskin in to town. No traffic and no fighting for parking Beef A Rama in Minocqua. I have been asked by many people what is Beef A Rama. Think of a party involving cooking beef roasts that combines with Halloween. It started many years ago as a end of season thank you party for locals. It has grown into a crazy street party with cooking beefs, people dressed as cows and lots of beer. The only thing that drives Troy nuts is the use of the dairy cow as the beef cow. Everyone dresses in black and white cows not beef cows. I have to listen to this rant once a year til it all gets put away. Troy grew up working on a dairy farm and definitely knows the difference. He told me the other day if it has udders, people don't eat it. Old dairy cows are not for people consumption. All that being said Beef A Rama is a hoot to see We ran into the beef judges tasting and voting. NOt sure what the qualifications are to be a judge except you had best be hungry This would be a typical Beef a Rama display, dressed up for the 70's with a smoking roast in the background and fun music playing Music is to be enjoyed everywhere.. and dare I point out the hat with the wrong colors for beef cows... but I have complained enough about that for one day. My pictures of Beef a Rama end here as we headed to the huge craft fair and I was to busy looking to take pictures and we headed home before the beef parade started Our 2nd event of the weekend was to head out to Winter Park Day down a few miles of dirt roads that led to Winter Park. The colors were out and it was a pretty drive Along the way you don't see much traffic except for trucks parked on firelanes like this. Folks in the trucks are most likely scouting out their hunting spots for this fall. Lots and Lots of hunters You know you are getting close to Winter Park when you see signs like this Finally made it to the park. It was a day for skiers to get together and look forward to the season and celebrate the folks that work hard to keep the park going I love one of their mottos This year the guest of honor was the Tyler family who lets Winter Park run a number of their trails over their private land. With out land owners like these Winter Park would not be able to have such great trails. Big thanks to the Tylers and their commitment to the area and Winter Park, we appreciate your efforts. Can't wait to take our first ski and snow tube at Winter Park this winter