OK, so we had a great time at Squirrel Fest last year and had to revisit wonderful Longview for this year's festivities. I gotta say that it was certainly bigger and had more events than last year. In case you're new to Squirrel Fest, it's an annual celebration of town's many squirrel bridges. They're all built with different themes and designs. And there's a parade. This year, if it hadn't been for people running for local office, it would have lasted about three minutes. Instead, it was about seven minutes. And it went around twice. So fifteen minutes worth of parade.
The parade begins...for the second time.
A guy in a squirrel suit. Not a real squirrel.
Unenthusiastic pirates...
A band...
These are bed racers. It was a new event this year. The guys with the acorn bed didn't win.
Sweet Becko doing archery at the Boy Scouts tent.
And there she is standing in front of the lie-berry. That bust is the founder of Longview, Robert Long.
Here's the squirrel statue in the middle of town.
Here's the Monticello Hotel. It's definitely seen better days. The sign's paint is all chipped off and the restaurant on the corner calls itself The Pizzaria. I wonder if they know it's misspelled. The lobby is a dark-paneled mixture of garish paintings of celebrities and murals of the good old days. One in particular is called "The Departure of the Red Man," and it shows Native Americans leaving the land to the white man.
Anyhow, in all this festivalizing, I forgot to take any pictures of the squirrel bridges. Last year, we hopped on this very fast, very rickety trolley and took a tour of all the bridges. This year, we were told that the trolley was out of commission. It's too bad, because is was a great way to see everything. Hopefully, next year it will return. Oh, and I also saw no squirrels. No real squirrels. People in squirrel costumes, yes, but no genuine tree rodents.
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