We really came down here to enjoy free wine tasting at the 20 or so wineries in the area but the frenzy of the festival really pulled us in.
On Friday we went to the National aquarium and watched them feed the sharks. They also had two tanks of the largest sea horses in the world which were fascinating and weird.
The whether was drizzly so we spent the rest of the day wine tasting until it cleared up in the evening for the opening ceremonies of the weekend.
There were fifty or so cars from the 20's and 30's all in amazing condition and a big band was playing in the band shell so loud you could hear they all over downtown.
We were totally under dressed, part of the minority of people dressed in garb from the wrong time period but it was top notch people watching! there were large displays of old generators and farm equipment from the time as well as a wood fire fueled tractor and steam roller!On Saturday we went to the two farmers markets in the area and then tasted at five or so different wineries. After a pic-nic in the park we headed back over to the band shell for more music. Their walking mall had a different band on each block for different styles of dance and on the main stage was the royal Navy big band! they played a lot of Gershwin and other old favorites and hen swing and all the old couples were up dancing around! it was so cute!
today was the last day of festivities and we started it with a visit to the soap box derby. There were some amazing vehicles and the kids were all dressed up like newsies and flappers!
There was a fancy pic-nic in the park where everyone was judged on the decorations, food and costumes at their individual awnings and soon they will all be off to the dry boat races where people in costume stand in home made boats and run down the beach!
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