For this event, the parking lot at the fairgrounds was unavailable, and seafood- and wine-lovers hopped converted schoolbuses from varous points around town. It was a good thing they did it this way based on the "cheer" level of many of the folks on the bus ride home. We caught a bus on the Dungeness Route at the Red Lion Inn near the Port Docks.
There was another stop at the far side of the Red Lion. You can see what the weather was like.
I don't know if these ducks were fed up with the rain or what, but they were heading south.
Signs along the route. We're approaching the traffic circle on the west side of town.
This sign is out of context, since we didn't pass it on the bus, but I'd taken its photo earlier in the day coming back into town from Warrenton.
Stacy, our bus driver, was very nice. She probably would have let me take her photo in the wonderful crab hat worn by the drivers, but I didn't ask. OK, maybe this year I'll get braver about photographing people. Just because I prefer to be behind the lens doesn't mean everyone is camera shy. (Note to self.)
There was a big turnout for a small town. I heard someone's estimate that there were 2,000 people there, but I really don't know. This was one of the tents erected next to the permanent building. It's a good thing they thought to put up shelters.
I liked the crab baloon in this booth, although the photo of it didn't come out very well. I was trying not to lose someone in the crowd.
There were areas for food and areas for booths selling art and crafts, mainly crab-, sea-, and wine-related.
We went back around through the displays and the food, a little disoriented by the added tent and the crowd, and came out into the rain and only then found what's usually the main entrance to events at the fairgrounds. Our bus had taken us in through an alternate entrance, and that's where we'd gotten a yummy hot crab and cheese melt. After poking around a bit in the main building and talking to friends, we were ready to head back.
6 comments:
Wow, great coverage of a very successful event. Nothing stops tough northwesterners from getting their seafood and wine. ;-)
I love everything of this post: the pictures, the 'tale' and even the weather! If I had to make a choice tuna would be min, but I am not sure about that...
It's good to see that the foul weather didn't deter the crowds! This is a really cool photoreportage!
I just love small town festivals. We just had the Tulip festival, well Mount Vernon did, and of course this time of year it rains a lot but all had a good time. And Stanwood had the Snow Goose Festival in March but hopefully the sun will find it's way out this summer during fair time.
Thanks for the tour. MB
Excellent work, Sheryl...I'm glad that you persevered in spite of the weather and the alcoholic crabs...
Looks like a really fun event which would have been a lot more fun if the weather had been better...
I agree with VP: the pictures, the commentary, the weather - well, I dunno about the weather...and I wouldn't want to be a tuna - they're filled with mercury! I'd be a crab; more natural!
What a wonderful festival - in spite of the weather! In my book, ANY Oregon beach weather is PERFECT!!!
The only sad note is I didn't get to go. Sigh. Sniffle. Maybe next year ...
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