Sparta, WI Day 3
September 29, 2018
We woke to the bugle call and an old fashioned phone tree. We had 11:30 am marsh tour tickets and they said to arrive two hours early to park and get there in time. We got a swish parking spot and wandered around the craft fair -- stopping for some hot food before the tour (it was chilly out!). The bus tour of the marsh was really interesting. Cranberries are perennial and some plants are really old! They grow on trailing vines and the farmers drive equipment through the trenches at harvest time and then flood the bogs. Cranberries have four air chambers inside so the ripe fruit floats to the top. They corral the fruit and gather it up. After the tour, Jude and I rented waders and went into a simulated bog. It was my favorite part of the trip! We bought cranberry honey and cinnamon dried cranberries and some cranberry beer. We came back to the site and relaxed until dinner. We witnessed an installation of officers at the club meeting. We were off to bed early so we can get on the road in the morning -what a trip! It capped off the season so perfectly!
We woke to the bugle call and an old fashioned phone tree. We had 11:30 am marsh tour tickets and they said to arrive two hours early to park and get there in time. We got a swish parking spot and wandered around the craft fair -- stopping for some hot food before the tour (it was chilly out!). The bus tour of the marsh was really interesting. Cranberries are perennial and some plants are really old! They grow on trailing vines and the farmers drive equipment through the trenches at harvest time and then flood the bogs. Cranberries have four air chambers inside so the ripe fruit floats to the top. They corral the fruit and gather it up. After the tour, Jude and I rented waders and went into a simulated bog. It was my favorite part of the trip! We bought cranberry honey and cinnamon dried cranberries and some cranberry beer. We came back to the site and relaxed until dinner. We witnessed an installation of officers at the club meeting. We were off to bed early so we can get on the road in the morning -what a trip! It capped off the season so perfectly!
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