Small Town Celebration

The small town of Willits in Northern California where I live celebrates the Fourth of July in a big way with Frontier days starting in mid June and culminating on July 4th with a parade, BBQ and the CCPRA Rodeo finals. During Frontier days there is a wide array of happenings in town with truck pulls, street dances,pancake breakfasts, sweetheart competitions and more. This year Willits celebrated the 90th annual Frontier Days. Each year they pick a theme and this year it was the Roaring Twenties. I just went to the parade this year and I made sure to get there early so that I could spend more time photographing many of the participants before the parade got started. I walked all around the staging area talking to old friends and photographing people and dogs as I went. As I watched and photographed I realized that it is quite and organizational feat to get a parade all lined up and moving. I had a great time and it looked like everyone else did too. God bless, chris All images created with a Canon 7D and a canon EF-S17-85 mm lens #TeamCanon

Celebration of a Small Town Fourth

One of the best things about the celebration of the Fourth of July in the small town of Willits where I reside is the parade. As part of the week long Frontier Days celebration our little town holds a parade down main street which in our case is US Highway 101. The parade includes floats,politicians,cars, tractors, small bands and as would be expected in ranching country a lot of horses. It's fun to see many of your friends an neighbors on parade. I had a wonderful time chatting with old friends and photographing the parade. The day culminated in a soft and delightful sunset over the foggy pacific Ocean. I hope all my U.S. followers had a happy Fourth of July. God bless, chris All images created with a Canon 7D and a Canon 28-105 lens in AV mode.