Meanwhile in Oregon...

[ADigitalArtist]

Today was the annual Northwest giant pumpkin Regatta. A bunch of nerds hollow out giant Moon pumpkins and paddle them around a man-made lake in a 3 heat race. It rained very hard, but was packed to the brim anyway.
This is the taste of my town. My town in a nutshell. Or in a pumpkin.

 

[sun rise]

Oh, good, old-fashioned just for fun lunacy. We need more of it.

 

[Twilight Hue]

It's good to see old fashioned goofy community events are still going strong.

 

[Mister Silver]

That looks ridiculously fun!

 

[ADigitalArtist]

That looks ridiculously fun!

One of the poor guys pumpkin sunk. Everyone else made it through though. Everyone was already drenched anyway. We are actually under flash food warning.

 

[Wirey]

Well, you know how Oregonians love to "pump kin".

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I saw that on some TV show awhile ago. Seemed interesting.

 

[Jeremiah Ames]

Today was the annual Northwest giant pumpkin Regatta. A bunch of nerds hollow out giant Moon pumpkins and paddle them around a man-made lake in a 3 heat race. It rained very hard, but was packed to the brim anyway.
This is the taste of my town. My town in a nutshell. Or in a pumpkin.
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Very nice.

 

[David T]

Today was the annual Northwest giant pumpkin Regatta. A bunch of nerds hollow out giant Moon pumpkins and paddle them around a man-made lake in a 3 heat race. It rained very hard, but was packed to the brim anyway.
This is the taste of my town. My town in a nutshell. Or in a pumpkin.
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Apparently some people not from oregon think this race is good ole goofy fun. Hell here in oregon goofy is normal!! But I have been outside all week in this monsoon weather in Astoria enjoying it so I am waterlogged on the brain anyway.

 

[Ingledsva]

I love the Oregon coast. It reminds me of Alaska.

When on vacation, we always start and end our vacation by driving the Washington and Oregon coastline.

We always go online and look for events like medieval fairs, local festivals, Oktoberfest, etc.

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[Quagmire]

I lived on an island in the middle of the Willamette river one summer while I was working for a club in Eugene Or.

Never saw any pumpkin paddlers though.

 

[icehorse]

awesome

 

[Augustus]

giant Moon pumpkins

Fake news! Everyone knows the NASA landing were actually created by Stanley Kubrick in a film studio, but even they didn't dream up something as implausible as bringing home giant pumpkins from the lunar surface

 

[YmirGF]

Today was the annual Northwest giant pumpkin Regatta. A bunch of nerds hollow out giant Moon pumpkins and paddle them around a man-made lake in a 3 heat race. It rained very hard, but was packed to the brim anyway.
This is the taste of my town. My town in a nutshell. Or in a pumpkin.
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What is it about the Pacific Northwest? Must be something in the water up here. There has been the Nanaimo to Vancouver Bathtub race here since 1967 and it is a sight to see.
Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society :: The First Race

 

[Augustus]

What is it about the Pacific Northwest? Must be something in the water up here.

The Brazilians have carnival, New Orleans has Mardi Gras and you West coast Cannucko-Yanks have bathtub and moon pumpkin races.

The long winter nights must just fly by...

 

[ADigitalArtist]

The Brazilians have carnival, New Orleans has Mardi Gras and you West coast Cannucko-Yanks have bathtub and moon pumpkin races.

The long winter nights must just fly by...

We also have the largest bookstore in the US in my neighborhood. Got to have something to do in those 13 months of rain.

 

[YmirGF]

The long winter nights must just fly by...

Indeed. The monsoons have arrived and it's been raining steadily for about a week. My sister said she wanted to check the weather forecast tonight and looking especially bored, I said, "Why? Look out the window."