TGIF and Kayak Painting

Update: we did win Best Costume! The rest of the 'team' can see me at the next HYC gathering to get your official Kayaks on Wheels coffee mugs made by Klickitat Pottery! They are quite fine. We've tested them out.

For the second time this month, the Husum Yacht Club met at our house for TGIF and to paint the kayak for an event. To get our creative juices flowing, we TGIF'd first, painted later. The results were stunning.

We left the red and white strips from the 4th of July decorations, but painted the hull like a big salmon. The kayak will be perched on this wooden cradle with wheels that Lloyd designed, and pulled by four people up the main street of town on a blue chalk 'river' prior to the start of the Art and Wine Fusion I wrote about the other day.

No one wanted to ride in the kayak, even after TGIF. Probably a wise decision. So we had to recruit a friend of Alina's who wouldn't mind falling off if the 'river' got rough. We even found a life jacket to fit him. Safety first!

Our team of salmon will be costumed in hand painted White Salmon Tshirts by Mikki, with silvery capes attached. On their heads will be these fine fish hats by yours truly. I only hope that it isn't 100 degrees at 4:30 like it has been the last couple of days. Good thing it's a short run. And no, I'm not running. I pulled the thing in the 4th of July Husum Pride Parade and in the .1k run. It's someone else's turn for the glory. Also, the Marimba Band starts playing at 4:50. My talents are needed there.

I'll let you know if we get the award for Best Costume...after all that knitting and painting, Mikki and I think we deserve it!