Winterfest 2010 in downtown Oakland, Maryland

As you can see, we had a dazzling sunny day for Winterfest in Oakland yesterday. The temperature was perfect, and there were a lot of Garrett County folk who shook off their latest episode of cabin fever and took to the streets. I am always particularly impressed with the Oakland train station and the downtown Garrett County Historical Society museum. There is such a rich history of the area contained in that museum, you should really stop by to check it out. You could easily spend a few hours reading all of the displays and looking at the photos. I'll blog more about that later.

As for Winterfest, it was a perfect day to pull it off. Lots of activities for the kids, plenty of diverse ice sculptures to ogle and a plethora of local vendors and artisans peddling their wares on the streets and at the Oakland train station.

We really enjoyed it - the kids thought sitting in an ice throne (sponsored by Grand Central Station) was 'awesome' and the Dragon Slide (sponsored by Long & Foster Real Estate) was pretty cool, too. We were hoping to ride the horse drawn sleigh, but the line was just a little too long.

We enjoyed a tasty lunch at Wendy's Town Restaurant, which was packed. Their buckwheat cakes and sausage are among the best in town - Englanders and OakMar have pretty darn good buckwheats, too :) Winterfest seemed to be a great success in terms of business for local merchants and vendors - which was great to see.

I didn't get to make it to the snowmobile races because of a sleeping little boy, but I heard they were awesome. I'll find some info out there and share in the coming days. Winterfest is still going strong today (Sunday), so get out there and enjoy it! It's a bright sunny day!

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