Nichole and I have previously made Oktoberfest in Southwest Harbor one of our annual beer festival excursions, and this year is no different. It's held at a campground on Mount Desert Island in early October each year, bringing together about 15 different breweries from around the state, a dozen food vendors, some music and artists and craftsmen. We've made ourselves a couple of friends up there, and consistently have a great time every year.
Another new tradition is the Octoberfest in Greenbush, held at the Mitchell residence. This also is a blast, complete with an obstacle course and some after dark volleyball. Last year, something like 200 jello shots were consumed, and there was a dj spinning tunes all day and night. This year it sounds like the obstacle course has been tweaked, which hopefully means it will be completed in the daylight hours. This too promises to be a great time.
Now, with all this being said, we have been tossed a curveball this year. We made our tent site reservations, invited friends and made t-shirts up for Oktoberfest in SW Harbor starting several months ago. In the meantime, it turns out that the Fest D'October in Greenbush has been scheduled for that very same weekend. Now, for some background info for you all, I won the obstacle course last year, beating my father in law by 3 seconds. He has been claiming that if he were younger or didn't smoke he would have beat me. These sound like typical excuses from someone who got beat, but that's fine, a little smack talk only makes me perform better. I would also like to point out that I went last, completing the course, not only in the fastest time, but in complete darkness. This year, however, I'm certain this was planned on a weekend we couldn't go so that he would be able to claim my trophy without me being able to defend it. Though, I guess it makes sense, being that it is the only way anyone else has a chance to win. I'm just saying...