My Latest Adventure

I'll make this short since it wasn't much of an adventure, but it's the only semi-interesting thing that I've experienced lately.  Anyway, I sort of went to the Freemont Fair and Solstice Parade, which consists of the typical booths selling crap (I call them "crap booths") and a parade of locals who like to expose their fat while wearing glittery stuff.  Oh, by sort of going there, I mean that I ran through the area where the festival was held (it's not too far away, wait, I mean it's about ten miles away).  I'd hoped to beat the unwashed masses by running before the festivities began, but it was crowded even then.  

Before going on and just to put a graphic on this page, here's a map of where it was held:

I live down this direction (like you care - hey, shut up!).

Back to the action...  Here's my take on what I saw.  It's a bunch of very unattractive people celebrating the Summer Solstice on the day it doesn't happen (it's not until the 21st).  The parade participants that I saw were down right ugly.  So much so, I'd call it the Freemont Fugly Fest.  They also seemed to use a lot of aluminum in their costumes.  I guess they wanted to get that spectacular aluminum foil effect.  There were the traditional naked bicyclists, but I didn't see them.  Can you imagine the road rash potential?  Ow.  Lastly, I know that tatoos are popular with girls and women nowadays, but, man, it looked like Fleet Week in drag.  And what's up with the big tatoo covering the lower back?  It looks like ass-splash!  Hey, miss!  Need a tissue?!  (Want to see some ass-splash?  Scroll down!)

To wind this up, my recommendation for next year's fair:  aerial spraying.