It was the Gabriola Fall Fair yesterday. Dh, the kids and I walked downtown to the ferry terminal where we met some friends and hopped on the ferry together. It was a beautiful day. Perfectly sunny yet cool enough that the walk uphill from the ferry terminal to the Commons was lovely.
We found a relatively intact skeleton of a small deer and a run over garder snake. It was an interesting day for discoveries! Sadly I didn’t have my camera when we came across the deer skeleton but I did get a picture of the snake. Lily was fascinated with the smooth texture.
This cob wall was just build recently.
There was so much to see. I was impressed with the HUGE garden protected behind a deer proof fence. There was music being played as well as highland dancers. We saw a lot of fall fair winners, from crochet table clothes to giant turkeys (well it was giant to me!).
There was a company that made their own wool from sheep like these:
There were different booths offering information on a variety of topics. This booth was set up to learn more about rocks. Many people brought their own rock finds to be identified by the available geologists. Lily was being shown how to wash rocks for closer inspection.
What fall fair is complete without a squash race?
A cool homemade base guitar and some interesting art!
After we got back to Nanaimo on the ferry we walked home and made a couple awesome pizzas and a peach strawberry pie. It was a fantastic day for sure.
I think your explorations of Gabriola have now exceeded mine. It looks like it was such a great day and wow, what an eclectic mix of things! Thanks for sharing…I love that hand made geetar!
That looks like such a fantastic day! I particularly love the squash cars, they made me laugh out loud!! I thought that snake was much bigger too, until I saw the photo of Lily.
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Gabriola is so beautiful. I’m so excited for my friend to move there. We’ll probably park our trailer on their property for a home base while they are building their home and for us to stay in whenever we want to visit the island!
That squash race was so absurd but funny as all get out. I was hoping none of it went to waste and was having drooling day dreams of chocolate zucchini bread… Ha! It’s true in that first picture of the snake it looks like it could be bigger than it really was. Despite her smile, she was actually really worried about how it died and if it died in pain.
The squash race is hilarious. Here we have a festival where people race those wooley worms. These guys: http://www.wunderground.com/data/wximagenew/o/Olbetsy/412.jpg
That island looks like such a cool place to visit!