Walhalla, ND

Walhalla held their 4th Annual Giant Pumpkin Festival, Saturday, September 29,2007 and what a day it was.  Five giant pumpkins were raised in the Walhalla area and for the second year in a row Walhalla had the heaviest giant pumpkin in North Dakota.  The grand prize winner weighed in at 792 lbs. this year. The day’s festivities included the farmers market, many contests including pie eating, seed spitting, egg tossing, pumpkin pie tasting, carved or painted pumpkins and for the first time a Pumpkin Princess contest.  A local baton group called Quiet Storm provided entertainment through out the morning.  Because this event is in conjunction with the farmers market there is also heaviest vegetable contests which prove to show that vegetables really do grow LARGE in North Dakota.  Walhalla’s Giant Pumpkin Festival has always been free to the public.The commitee has successfully orginazed this festival for the past four years.  Walhalla’s 5th Annual Giant Pumpkin Festival will be held this year on September 27, 2008 on Main Street in Walhalla. 

Wally spent “Winter Fun Day’ at Frost Fire Ski Lodge, he met Sara Otte-Coleman, ND Tourism Director, shook hands with Dick and Judith Johnson, owners of Frost Fire, met the Ski Patrol and learned all about skiing safe, went skiing with Molly and warmed up by the fire.  

Nothing better than spending “Winter Fun Day” at Frost Fire Ski Lodge.