It’s time again! Salmon Days is here this weekend. Parking will be easier because we now have 2 Park & Rides where you can catch a shuttle, Issaquah Highlands Park and Ride and the just finished Issaquah Park and Ride. This is the 39th year the Chamber of Commerce has been bringing us Salmon Days. A kids Festival Spectacle by Jeroen Mourik is back, at 2pm. For more Salmon Days Information http://salmondays.org/
I’ll be there with my camera.
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Issaquah Salmon Days are here again! This weekend the favorite festival in Issaquah takes over the town. There is a parade, there are fun and games, there are food booths, salmon to watch jump up the fish ladders, salmon to learn about, salmon to eat. Downtown Issaquah, two days for……….. ‘007 Spawn. Just Spawn.
Below is the poster for Salmon Days 2007 by Matt Mechler
For complete information about Salmon Days click on http://www.salmondays.org/home/
Photos from last years Salmon Days………notice the impaired driver sign in the background!
Out in the Sound there is a meeting going on. The head Salmon is taking a vote, should we head east now is the question? The majority want to wait for rain. However, some of them are feeling tired and dreary and want to start the long trek to Issaquah now. When will they start? When will they arrive? I know the answer, they arrive in mass 30 days from now. Mark on your calender to take the weekend to Issaquah. Visit the hatchery, watch these big guys in the fish ladder. View them from the bridge. It is an amazing part of this great place we live.
THE PARADE……………………..SCHOOLS,………………. UNUSUAL DRIVERS,……………………..SPECTATORS
THE SOLDIERS MARCH ……………………………………………………………….THE HARLEYS RIDE
POLICE PRESENCE
FLOATS……………………………………..COURAGEOUS KIDS
BOOTHS………………BOOTHS………………………..BOOTHS……….OVER 300, WE ONLY SHOW A FEW
TALENTED ARTISTS………………………………………………………….HAZELNUTS DO A LOT MORE THAN YOU EXPECT
ARTIST MELISSA COLE - CREATOR OF THIS YEARS SALMON FESTIVAL PRINT http://melissacole.com/contact%20us%20page.htm
JUST A FEW FOODS OF THE WORLD
FUN FIELD………………………………..to be continued
Festival Spectacle
Good bye Salmon
Good bye Salmon until next year. You are our reason to celebrate. We are grateful to all the Ohfishal Spawnsors of this wonderful event. Where else are activities for kids free!? Where else is there such a fun festival for families? Thank you, Thank you to everybody who makes Salmon Days what it is. Thanks to Bill Sweeney of Moses Lake WA for these pictures.
Here are some good pictures that Natalie Rosenbaum of Issaquah sent to me.
They are better than some that I took. Thanks Natalie
If you can’t wait until you get to the Foods of the World at Salmon Days in Issaquah, here is your chance for a snack or perhaps on your way home if you still have any room left, maybe a root beer float at XXXRoot Beer. It’s a little like “Where’s Waldo?” in here. There really are some girls sitting at a table eating in one photo. See if you can find them.
Get ready, get set, GO! Don’t miss this exciting annual event. Issaquah Salmon Days is this weekend. And what an event it is. This event is brought to you by the Issaquah Chamber of Commerce. I am in awe of how hard they work for us. Salmon Days celebrate the return of the salmon to our lakes and streams where the cycle of life will begin again.
Grande Parade Saturday Oct 7 10 AM Front Street and Gilman Blvd to 12th Street: FLoats, Clowns, Bands, School Groups, Dance Teams and even 30 Harley riders leading off.
Then there are attractions of every kind:
Art and Craft Booths line the streets with their wares (more than 300)
Field of Fun- FREE - The kids love this. It is held on Memorial Field behind the Police Station and has Huge inflatables, an unusual trampoline, dancing, rock climbing, Monster mural, Fish printmaking, a Kids Carnival and Mini trains and more, more, more. At 2:00 Jeroen Mourik is bringing us his very popular Festival Spectacle. It will be Wild and Fun.
If that isn’t enough there are 4, yes 4 stages of live, free entertainment.
When you get hungry, and you will with all the tempting aromas around, there are Foods of the World in Depot Park (adjacent to the Field of Fun) I’ll bet you can’t just try one! Then don’t forget the Kiwanis Salmon Bake at Gibson Park on Newport Way. They start serving at 11:30AM
Last but not least, the inspiration for the festival, visit the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery. It first opened in 1936 and now is visited by over 300,000 thousands visitors annually (not counting the salmon). They have displays and exhibits, activities and helpful F.I.S.H. people to answer your questions. You can watch salmon of several kinds fight their way up the fish ladders and view them both in a natural stream and in the tanks with glass viewing windows.
How do I get there? Issaquah, Washington is off exit 17 or 18 off of I-90, but it gets crowded when the festival is going on. There are 3 shuttle stops where you may want to leave your car and take the shuttle to the festival.
Issaquah Park and Ride: Intersection of Newport Way and SR900 (SE corner only, NE corner underconstruction)
Costco Coporate parking lot: 10th Ave NW (opposite side of the freeway from Salmon Days Festival.)
Issaquah Highlands Park and Ride: between NE Park Drive and NE High Street (Also opposite side of freeway)
All parking is free. Shuttle is $1.00 roundtrip for adults; children 5 and under ride free.
By Kathleen
For more complete info click here.
Cool, rainy weather is bringing in salmon in huge numbers. I stopped by the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery yesterday. The water was high and swift and the water murky but see if you can spot the salmon in the pictures I post.
Oops, That is not the real thing. I’ll try again.
There we go. This guy didn’t make it up the ladder with that jump. But he’ll keep trying and trying.
See all those sharklike fins on the lower left. No, not sharks, SALMON by the thousands are under there.
The Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery is a very “Offishial” organization. F.I.S.H. are those guides who provide you with answers to your questions when you visit the hatchery. They lead tours for school children and educate them about issues that affect salmon and their life cycle. They also help everyone understand the necessity of watershed stewardship. F.I.S.H. are always interested in people who want to learn and share to be volunteers. Their website info is on our home page on the right hand column.
Stay tune for more info. SALMON DAYS in Issaquah are Oct 7 & 8
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