Crested Butte Harvest Festival Vinotok this Weekend

Crested Butte Harvest Festival Vinotok this Weekend. Already today, as I sat outside Pitas in Paradise at lunch time there were various characters walking around in costume in anticipation of the festivities which have already begun. I missed Story Telling and Liar's Night but will definitely be on hand for the burning of the Grump.

Burning the Grump, along with everyone's grumps and complaints which have been collected in several boxes about town will cleanse us of any "bad" or unwanted feelings and start the season off fresh, ready for fall and a winter full of skiing.

Crested Butte is a whimsical, friendly community with lots of unique celebrations that are embraced by the community. Vinotok, I have heard, is a throwback to the Croatian Fall Festival, which is where many of the old timers came from.

Although my father was also born in Croatia, I, unfortunately, do not have much experience with things Croatian, since my father left home when he was merely 13 and moved to the Italian mainland before coming to the United States. Still, it makes me very happy to be ensconced in a community with the same roots as mine. I look forward to Vinotok in Crested Butte and hope to see you there!

These great photos are courtesy of the Gunnison-Crested Butte Tourism Association.

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Crested Butte Harvest Festival Vinotok this Weekend