Dragon Festival

My mom had suggested we find out if there was a place to rent canoes so we could go on a little jaunt. I looked things up, made a call, and was told our desired rental location was closed that day for the Dragon Festival. Dragon Festival? Let's go!

The festival celebrates pan-asian heritage. But there was normal fair type stuff too. Like face paints! And we got some asian lunch... and corn dogs. Everyone wins.


We saw some fun asian dances, like this dragon dance. At one point a dragon tried to eat Sean's foot. I'm glad to report all toes are intact. But dude, those guys leaping in the dragon costume were sweaty.


Here's some Hmong dancers. I very proudly identified them by their traditional garb. Go me.


(they like it when dad's around)


And we saw dragon boat races! The boats are rented from Canada so most of the teams only have the morning to practice. That's okay with me, they get to race off their pure, innate skill.


In action! The chanting is awesome.


To win, someone reaches out to grab the flag. Nice job, team!


Then it downpoured and we caught the bus back to our remotely parked car.


When asked what was his favorite part of the day, Liam replied, "the bus ride!" So. There you go.