At 9:15, we packed up a lunch & were off to Okechobee for the 48th Annual Speckled Perch festival. It is a perfect sunny 22C (71.6F).
The Speckled Perch Festival is held annually in honor of the most famous fish of Lake Okeechobee.
Fun for the whole family featuring arts and crafts, delicious food, homemade baked goods and more. There will be many vendors selling merchandise as well as educational booths from local non-profit groups.
Arriving at 9:30, we wandered around the festival booths, which covered 4 blocks of Flagler Park. The food booths were the most interesting!
We set up our chairs on the sidewalk at 10:45, in preparation for the parade.
The 35 minute long parade consisted of horses, cars carrying the king, queen, princes & princesses of the festival, floats, Girl Scouts, a Cheerleading club, and gymnastics clubs. It was very colourful.
These miniature horses completed the parade.
Then it was lunch time. We decide on the catfish dinner, which we shared. It was delicious!
We'll save our sandwiches for another day!
On the way back to the RV park, we stopped for fuel ($4.069/gallon), then checked out the "Trading Post" Flea Market. Nothing different from any other flea market.
So ends another day in paradise.
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