Winterfest brings crowds out in the cold
MUDDY CREEK TWP — Brian Wright, of Worthington, and Tom Evans, of DuBois, visit Moraine State Park often in warmer months. So, when they heard about Saturday’s Winterfest, they didn’t let the 20-degree weather prevent them from checking it out along with Wright’s two basset hounds, Ellie Mae and Huckleberry, and Evans’ French bulldog/boxer mix, Hank.
“We’re visiting family. We kayak here in the summer. We saw it (WInterfest) on the park’s Facebook page,” said Wright.
Winterfest ran from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the park at the McDanel’s Boat Launch. The event featured food, bluegrass music, guided hikes, horse-drawn carriage rides, chain saw carving demonstrations, a bird exhibit at the Owlet gift shop, children’s games, a display of vintage snowmobiles and booths featuring outdoor organizations.
Some of the event’s visitors walked out onto frozen Lake Arthur to the bemusement of ice fishermen Chad Brandt, of Tarentum, and Matthew Pavlik, of Bairdford, in Allegheny County.
