Fish Festival and Vets

Yesterday was the annual Trinidad Fish Festival. It was a great day with all of the usual qualities-bustling activity, lots of visitors (with and without dogs), music and crafts. The whole community gets involved setting up, cooking, serving and yes, cleaning up (no small task). Lots and lots of activity for days, and a real flurry on the actual day of the event. Speaking of flurries, we can always count on that day being one of the windiest of the year. Perhaps it is just because we are out there on the main street that goes directly to the bay which is always windy but on this day we (hundreds of us) are out there long enough to really notice. We had an Honor Flight display, and our large sun umbrella lasted about 20 minutes before the wind blew it over. Within an hour the vendors had taken down their canopies which were pulling entire displays over. Unfortunately, one potter down the way had a real catastrophe.
On a brighter note, we had lots of vets turn out for our Honor Flight booth, and good interest and support from the folks who stopped by. It is always good to get together with theses terrific veterans. Many thanks to Hugh Paz, (in the blue shirt in the left above) for this photo. He is the photographer (yes I realize he didn't actually take this shot since he is in it, but it was his camera under his directions). Hugh was a photographer during the war, and I'll bet he will share some of his photos on this blog. Watch for that in future posts.
Many thanks to all of the people who stopped by to visit, and for your donations. Watch for us at the Humboldt County Fair. If you are interested in volunteering, or getting involved in Honor Flight, please contact me. Summer is a great time for fundraisers---have your friends over for a barbecue and make it a benefit for Honor Flight. I'll bet we can get a few vets to come as your guests of Honor. Our big flight is planned for early fall.
By the way, the veteran on the front left, Kay Hartley, is the senior Marine in Humboldt County.