This past week, Jane and I carved out a little time from getting the cabins ready to take a small road trip. We try to do this every year before our season gets underway. The two things we need to agree on are when can we go, and where do we go. Our neighbors, Ron and MJ, have talked to us about attending the Seward Mermaid Festival and Boat Harbor Opening. It’s a three day festival of pub crawls, live music, made in Alaska vendors, and food trucks. With travel trailer in tow, we made our way to Seward.
It’s a relatively new festival. This year is the third year, and the locals say it’s only getting bigger and better. I know it didn’t take long for us to feel a certain synergy the event has with the community. It’s embraced by young and old and several hundred of the best behaved dogs in the state.
Not only did we see pirates and mermaids all day long, a one of a kind merman was available for photos and autographs.
What's the ad campaign again?
Got a little Captain in you? Methinks he has a lot of Captain in him...
Lots of families came out to enjoy what the vendors were offering. I'm not sure whose idea it was, but there were several buckets of soapy water sitting out for kids to blow bubbles whenever they wanted to. Best day ever!
Ron and MJ have kept a sailboat in Seward for the past 18 years. Our trip was not only because of the festival, it was also to hang out with them. We got together mid day to listen to live music. When the final band of the night came on and started to play club music (we are several generations removed from this demographic) they turned to us and asked if we wanted to be in the boat parade/blessing of the season. Are you you kidding me? A chance to take a boat ride in the bay? It was very unexpected, and instantly became the highlight of the weekend for us.
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| Iconic Mt. Marathon in Seward |
Our parade route was from the harbor to the Sea Life Center. The most fun was cruising by the RV park blasting our air horn to the kids that gathered on the beach. Perhaps they thought we would travel close enough to them to throw candy, but a traditional parade this was not. After our boat ride, we had dinner, bid our neighbors farewell, and in the morning headed back to Kenai. Thanks Ron and MJ for a terrific weekend. We sure hope to do it all over again next year.
Next post: The road north to Talkeetna.
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