'49er Days

This weekend is the 66th annual Winthrop '49er Days Celebration. Come on over for tons of family fun. On Friday at noon over 100 horses and riders plus 20 horse drawn wagons will parade through downtown following their four night Ride to Rendezvous. That will be followed at 7pm by the Dollar Watch Jamboree featuring Western music, storytelling, cowboy poetry and comedy. Saturday has the best small town parade in the West, beginning at 11am. Following the parade there will be old timey games in front of Sheri's Sweet Shoppe including an egg toss, pie eating contest, hula-hoop contest and rock/paper/scissors competition. In the Winthrop Park there will be the Packer Rendezvous with backcountry camps set up and demonstrations of campfire cooking, camp skills, storytelling and music. Plus a bratwurst barbeque. And to top it all off, there will be a dance in the Winthrop Barn on Saturday night at 9:30 featuring Buzz Brose and the Eagle River Band. Come have some real old west fun. For more info visit http://www.winthropwashington.com/49ers.html.