Melissa, Giselle, and Ann spent the afternoon at the Hard Bargain Farm in Accokeek for the annual Oktoberfest celebration. Lots of music, dancing, bratwursts, und bier -- and a fun time was had by all.
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Ann und Melissa mit apfel struedel!
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Wall of boots at the Hard Bargain Farm - These are primarily used by school groups during educational programs.
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A local carrot grown at the Hard Bargain Farm - Yum!
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What's MillerLite doing at Oktoberfest?!
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Sawmill at the farm
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Das burro
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Die Ziege
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Little boy in lederhosen chasing farm animals. (And no, my secondary school German was not able to help with a translation...)
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Drei Schafe
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Die Kuh
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Alpenhorns!
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There was lots of German music.
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And fast dancing - although as Ann pointed out, for the most part the women twirl while the men do some fancy steppin'!