Alpine Days

I'll be up front, Alpine Days no longer exists, it is now called the Festival at Mt. Si, which isn't a cool name. In fact this year may have been the first year, that the Festival at Mt. Si, didn't use banners that included the phase, "Formerly Alpine Days." At some point in North Bend's past, the town tried an Alpine/Bavarian theme, like Leavenworth. Alpine Days took it's name from that period in North Bend's past. Since the alpine theme is no longer a required part of downtown North Bend, apparently the name of the town celebration had to be changed. Most people seem to still call it Alpine Days. Anyway Alpine Days features lots of booths and travelling food wagons, as well as, a parade and fireworks. All great fun, so come on out, its always the second weekend of August, just follow the signs that say Festival at Mt. Si.

So, as mentioned, there is a parade. I know that the Macy's Parade gets the big stars, like Al Roker and Santa Clauss, but a small town parade is the best. First of all the town must participate, so anyone with a nice car or a horse probably is going to be in the parade. Then local businessmen and women throw candy to kids, in hopes that mom and dad, will spend a bit of cash in their store. This year we took Quin and a friend's kid to the parade, it was our first time, it was simple fun, that's all. Hopefully we'll go again next year and see all of you there too.