Two local events were picked up in The Olympian yesterday:
WILD MUSHROOM CELEBRATION
Oct. 9 through Nov. 15
Long Beach Peninsula
Dinner prices start at $40 per person, depending on establishment.
Selected restaurants, inns and bed-and-breakfast establishments in Seaview, Ilwaco and Long Beach prepare gourmet dinners featuring edible wild mushrooms and fresh local ingredients.
CRANBERRIAN FAIR
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 10 and 11
Long Beach Peninsula
Festival admission: Purchase $5 admission buttons at Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum.
www.funbeach.com/events/cranberrian or the museum at 360-642-3446
Fall harvest celebration of the Long Beach Peninsula’s family-owned cranberry bogs. Watch growers flood fields, beat berries from vines, and gather the floating berries. Sample cranberry and other local food products, shop for artisan pottery, fine art and more at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum. Visit the Cranberry Museum and go on a self-guided farm tour.
