Friday, June 24, 2011

Summer Solstice Celebration

Anchorage celebrated the longest day of the year last weekend by shutting down all of main street and throwing a fabulous Summer Solstice Celebration.

We began our adventure at the Saturday market where we danced to the music of a talented young violin artist and Avrey got her face painted like a Bird of Paradise. Then Avrey spied a man making balloon animals and she asked for a swan. To finish up at the market Avrey painted on the paint wall and Maggie bought some Alaskan souvenirs for her family.
Then it was off to walk down Main Street and find some more fun activities to do. We came upon teams playing water balloon volleyball, saw some pretty cool skateboarders doing tricks, and even watched some hip hop dancers. Then we posed for a few family photos.
As we traveled we saw some sled dog puppies, played in the massive sand box, danced with ribbons to some folk music, and met a pretty blue and green macaw.
Quynn even got to shake the hand of a super-sized puppet!
What a wonderful way to spend the longest day of the year. Anchorage got 19 hours and 22 minutes of sunlight that day!

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