The Wienermobile spends the day in Lake Forest Park

A poster shows the different versions of the vehicle
Photo by Jerry Pickard

By Jerry Pickard

Thursday, August 30, 2012 Lake Forest Park's Albertson's hosted the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.  

This is Wienermobile #12 in a long line of Wienermobiles.  The first took to the road in 1938 and was remade in 1940, 1952, 1958, 1969, 1976, 1988, 1995, 2000, 2004, 2008 Minimobile and the current model.  

The interior of the vehicle is high-tech
Photo by Jerry Pickard

The "Wienermobile" is based in Wisconsin and travels the contiguous 48 states representing Oscar Mayer Wieners and Kraft Foods.

Inside the "Weinermobile", it has a large GPS system built into the dash and a large flat screen monitor to the rear of the second set of seats.

Frank Workman poses

Over 150 people had their photo taken with the Wienermobile, including Shoreline Area News writer Frank Workman.