Gecko Fest 2008, two words – humid & wet. It rained, sprinkled, the breeze stopped and all the street partiers were treated to a steam bath Pinellas County style. Considering the tsunami conditions, the turnout was decent and the attendees sucked it up and had fun. Our crew arrived by car (just too miserably rainy for boating), parked within two blocks of Beach Blvd. and began walking, looking at all the artsy stuff for sale under the vendor’s small white tents. There was a couple good bands playing, and my favorite showmasters – the ROTC. Baton twirling at it’s finest:
In case you missed it, ROTC is Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps. You gotta love Gulfport.
One of the street vendors was RondaK from Sailmonster. She was having a ball – the rain didn’t bother her a bit.
Here she is doing her Gecko:
The crew didn’t spend much time in the street. We drifted into Pegs Cantina for blueberry, apricot and other flavors of headache-inducing beer that livened up the night and chased away a little of the dampness. Thanks Peg for putting up with the obnoxious Pyratsail bunch and we’ll see you again soon!