Mad Doll Doctor

Well, this may have been our worst Wurstfest ever! The food, music and wine, as always were great, but the weather was miserably cold and damp most of the weekend. We also tried a new restaurant, which was way too expensive and the food was disappointing.

Normally, we go to a place called the River’s Edge in Fredericksburg. It’s deep in the country, basically out in the middle of nowhere. I know we’re close when we come to a really cool old abandoned stone house. I’m always tempted to jump out of the car and go explore it! It’s such a neat old house, ancient, with old rickety balconies and and a battered metal roof, unfortunately, it’s in the flood plain and probably inundated every year. The restaurant is also a great old brick and stone affair that was once a mill. It sits above the Gasconade river and you have to take a ferry to get to it. It’s strange, we usually go late in the evening and there always seems to be a big ole moon as we ferry across the dark, silent river to the opposite side. The restaurant is also very atmospheric, with stone everywhere, antiques and primitives, leaded glass and such. The food is excellent too and not overly pricey. We didn’t go this time because we’d been told that the river was up and the ferry was out.

Below are some photos of the Wurstfest, taken during a respite from the gloom and rain. Most of the photos taken inside didn’t come out. Like many of the little old towns in missouri, Hermann is really quite scenic.

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