Off-topic: procession of the species

A truly Olympia experience:

A natural celebration
- Procession of the Species brings out sun and revelers

This is a town where you can be a mild-mannered bureaucrat 363 days of the year, then one day of the year you march down the street dressed as a squirrel. I think it's a kick. For a town full of lawyers, oddly there were no sharks, but the downtown anarchist kids got political style points for their black cat costumes. Next year our friends plan to dress up: the kid as a bear cub, the mom as a bear, and the dad as a delicious salmon.


Update:

Q: "What could possibly compel a grown man to dress up as a squirrel and cavort through the streets of his city?"

A: "It's a furry thing, you wouldn't understand..."