Respite

Strawberry Shortcake For All

Was a pretty nice weekend in the land of Org (Oregon) and the start of another wonderful week.  This weekend marked the 107th running of the our annual Strawberry Festival...

and the World's Largest Strawberry Shortcake...

shown above in 1955 and below in the...

1960's. 

Here the modern day Shortcake shown below....

with the commencement of serving after the parade...

The Strawberry Princess' were nominated...and a queen was selected...

It was a hot day with temps in the high 90's so one of Lebanon's finest was out cooling down the parade participants..

and the crowd.

Bands played...

and folks danced.

The Grand Parade was filled with entrants this year that included a great looking

Texas Longhorn...

Marching Bands...

Race Cars...

and Cowgirls too!

We have the Strawberry Cup Races...

at Willamette Speedway, where dirt trackers from around the western states 

vie for the coveted Strawberry Cup honors.

Jet boat racing located just west of the Willamette

Valley Speedway was part of the action as well years past.

The Festival ends on Sunday, but Saturday is the day to attend all the activities including the Strawberry Festival Carnival.

where if you stay long enough, you can watch the sunset from a wonderful and exciting vantage point.

Strawberry Fest....

I miss the days spent with
my girls at the Festival.