Cedarburg Strawberry Festival

Strawberries

Don’t these look like they’d be the most delicious, most perfect strawberries you’ve ever tasted?  Can’t you just imagine the sweet juice running down your chin?  No?  You must be more coordinated than I am. 

Cedarburg Strawberry Festival

This weekend was the 26th Annual Cedarburg Strawberry Festival and the weather was perfect; not a cloud in the sky and a gentle breeze helped relieve the heat of the sun.

This family-friendly event had lots of bands, food vendors, crafts vendors, and artists.  Lots of interesting things, like hand-made wooden toys.  Great for developing kids’ imaginations, and definitely a throwback to a simpler time. They also had hay rides, and I always see the wagons full of kids giddily giggling.

The festival had tons of people and everything imaginable made out of strawberries.  Of course, there were the chocolate covered strawberries and strawberry ice cream and gelato, but there were also brats and beer made of strawberries.  I’m an adventurous eater, but some things sounded just odd, so the only strawberry-flavored thing I had was the gelato.

If you haven’t been to the festival and are not mortally afraid of crowds, I’d highly recommend going.  Though there are lots of people, everyone was polite, patient, and calm.