not sure why this was not posted when written. better late than never.
The Carnival part of the festival opened on Thursday evening. Most events were on Friday and Saturday. Went to the logging and truck show both days. There were some vendors there, including a few doing wood carvings with chain saws on big pieces of logs. It was interesting to watch. There are lots of different sizes of chain saws. There was one lady working on carving details on a turtle.
The Welding Club at Peninsula College was also there and selling items. Saw some flatware repurposed into dragonflys. Thought one would go well with my watch dragon. On Saturday I went back and they had some airplanes out of knives and got one of those too. Most amazing was an X-Wing being chased by Tie fighters. Tempted, but really want a Millennium Falcon to go with my Enterprise.
The belt vendor I saw the previous weekend was there as well and got a butterfly belt with Welsh dragon belt buckle. There were some show items - tshirt, hoodies - in bright orange. Price seemed high and didn't get any. Bought a roasted corn on cob both days. Mouth a little sore from Friday's being too hot. Worth it. Saturday I let it cool longer.
There was a big crowd around the arena making watching the logging events difficult. From what I saw I prefer Scottish Highland games heavy athletics. The truck pull was in different area. Never watched that before. There is a set length they pull a weighted sled. The time and speed is measured. Lots of black smoke.
There were displays of big equipment trucks and two kid size ones for the kids to try out.
On Saturday there were two parades. The first was of hot rods. Nice looking vehicles for the most part. The second was the grand parade of floats and marching units. There are a lot of local festivals and they all have a queen and courts and that float travels around to all of them throughout the summer. Could be a very busy time.
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