Celebrating the Summer Solstice at Fremont

This happened a few weeks ago, but I wanted to talk about my experience at the Fremont Summer Solstice Fair!  It was an interesting and fun time.  Andrew came to visit Seattle for a few days, and I thought it'd be awesome to go to this fair since I'd heard fun things about it.  We started out by visiting the famous Fremont troll, which if you haven't seen yet, you're missing out!

Next, we meandered our way through the various vendors, stopping here and there to get a closer look at some of the hippie-ish wares.  We chanced upon an art booth, where sidewalk chalk, paints, and a communal sculpture were prominently displayed!  We had fun here, employing our somewhat limited artistic abilities.  

After that, we found our way to a display of "art cars." It was a pretty crazy sight!  We saw cars covered completely in magnets, sculptures, even a teeth themed one complete with dentures and toothpaste.  This brick car was just one of many very creatively decorated automobiles.  It has particular significance because Rico and Andrew saw this very car on the road from Provo to Seattle!

For the grand finale, we decided to watch the much talked about parade.  I had no idea what it would entail, so we were somewhat surprised to see it start out with crowds of people careening down the road on bikes.  They were all dressed in what appeared to be colorful spandex.  However, upon closer inspection, we realized that everyone was naked and that it was really just body paint!  We learned from a lady nearby that this is a tradition every year... guess I missed the memo! After the initial shock and averting of our eyes, we laughed pretty hard at the spectacle.  There were several prominent characters, including all of the avengers, teenage mutant ninja turtles, and many other superheroes.  It was still somewhat uncomfortable and it got old pretty quick, so we eventually found an escape from the parade and hightailed it to Paseo, home of the best cuban sandwiches, which is a delicious way to end any event!