Loganberry Festival!

Greenbank Farm, Whidbey Island

Eleven years ago today, Dwayne and I threw our biggest party yet and got married in the middle of it.  Due to my parents thinking they can go on vacation whenever they please, we are not celebrating that  event.  But on our honeymoon, when we stayed a few days at the Guest House Log Cottages, we came across this same Loganberry festival on Whidbey Island and spent a few pleasant hours. 

And since we couldn’t pawn off the kids this weekend and the cabin was free, we decided to revisit.

So fun!

Next time, we will show up earlier than noon, and watch more of animal events.  We liked the agility dog training as well as disc dog and some riding events.  A local church hosted a kids’ fair with bouncy houses and games.  Lots of local music and even more food carts.  The Greenbank farm has permanent galleries and master garden as well.   We exhausted ourselves by the end of the day, but it was a great family adventure!

Baby almost didn’t make it back.  Twenty minutes from the festival, we realized Baby wasn't’ t with us.  We turned around and asked the first guy who looked like he might know (everyone was doing teardown by this time).  A one-in-a-hundred chance, he has found the doll earlier and knew exactly where she was.  Phew!

Happy Birthday, USA!

I can’t recommend Whidbey Island enough for the 3rd and 4th of July! 

We made the 9:30 ferry Wednesday night, which put us in Freeland just in time for the big July 3rd fireworks show. (Note to self: make it there about 6 hours earlier next year for the whole fun festival and not just the 10pm show.)

Maxwelton Beach community puts on a perfect hometown Fourth of July parade.  Buy a $1 button for every family member, come early enough to play a bit on the beach, and get back along the route in time for the 1pm parade.  So doing this again next year!

 

Here’s the grandstand.  The big grandstand.  Emceed by the grandpa who has lived there the most decades and knows every single person in the parade. 

 

Red, white, blue, and lemonade.

 

I love these people.

 

There were many creative entries, but I really liked the two gorillas who were giving out bananas.  There was also a food bank promotion that tossed out radishes.  (Don’t worry, the kids got a handful of candy, too.)

 

“Ladies and Gentlemen, please pause for the national anthem, played by ----- on the saxophone.” It was a great way to end the parade.