Auf geht's zur Wies'n Cape Carol Florida - Let's Go to the Oktoberfest

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We happened upon the Cape Coral's Oktoberfest from an ad in "The Pine Island Eagle," our entertainment bible when we camp here. The event is well organized and seems to be run by a huge cadre of volunteers in drindles and leiderhausen selling tickets (you can't use money to buy your brats and beers), cooking potato pancakes, pouring beer and wine and parking cars. It's an enormous effort held annually on the last two weekends of October. The German American Club owns the huge indoor/outdoor venue at 2101 Pine Island Road, Cape Coral. We've passed it often; but this was our first actual visit. The festival is crowded and raucous. If the hoi palloi bustle of the big tent or the large picnic area proves overwhelming; sit-down dinners are served in von Steuben Hall. The von Steuben menu includes schnitzel, sauerbraten, dumplings, noodles and red cabbage. Drooling yet? Check out the web site: www.capecoraloktoberfest.com.

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Photos

The Big Tent Oktobeerfest Cape Coral
I nabbed this one from the web site!

More Than Just Beer!
Please observe these bored looking Fraulines! Beer is the obvious beverage of choice.

Plum Strudle - Delish
The pastry booth had run our of Apple Strudle!

Potato Pancakes
We took turns standing in line for half an hour sipping beer, chatting with interesting people, and inching our way to where volunteer chefs fried these babies. They were good; but Wes thinks mine are better! WOW!

Clapping Fraulein Oktoberfest Cape Coral
This isn't my photo - "borrowed" it from the Oktoberfest web site.

Kegger
These are the empties on Saturday evening of the 2nd weekend. Are you impressed yet?

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