Summer Solstice

This weekend was the Solstice Festival in Fremont. There is always a kick-off parade that begins with naked/painted bike riders so of course Davis and I had to go see what all the talk was about and..... it was awesome!

Being in Seattle....the parade rules are no motorized vehicles (save the planet)! It was very interesting and the parade was around 1.5 hours long (the longest parade I have ever seen)! We rode our bikes over to Fremont which is about 3 miles from downtown because we knew traffic would be ridiculous and it was. There were tons of people and I mean tons! Even children....it was a family event in Seattle. This would never happen in Tennessee, not to mention no one would take their kids even if it was allowed.

It was a very enjoyable time and there is sooo much to do at all of the festivals! I don't know if I have mentioned it before, but there is a festival every weekend of the summer in Seattle.

kick-off with the parade

Batman & Catwoman

me & Dave enjoying the views

a painted bumblebee

Charlie is in the pink hat and the painted girls are his angels

intense art and bikes

pirate

yes, he was riding a unicycle and juggling

more intense bikes

Wolverine

Scooters

a taste of the event (I tried to keep the pictures tasteful)

this is the start of the parade

yes, this guy is in bubble wrap

dresses made entirely of paper and boxeswilderness woman trying to hide from her wilderness man

a crazy bicycle contraption

there were lots of stilts

These next pictures would only happen on the west coast....

I thought this was a neat float thingy.....but apparently (I learned from Davis) this is the flying spaghetti monster which is making fun of religion

this float has marijuana leafs all over it with peace symbols and a guy with a George Bush mask

these people were wearing clothes made entirely from plastic bags and bottle.....it was a save the earth float

American flags w/ peace symbols