After having some pancakes in Frank James Park bright and early at 8 in the morning, I made my way over to Shoppers Row and spotted some cool things, like this llama at a petting zoo.
Shoppers Row was transformed into a children's activity square, but as you can see above, some adults even found themselves roving about.
Around 11am, live entertainment began taking place at the children's festival, including interactive entertainment, which saw many people, young and old, being put into hilarious situations.
Here are some of the delegates from Ishikari Japan, who flew here to celebrate their 50th year as a sister city to Campbell River. They took part in many of the festivities, including a ceremony at Robert Osler Park.
The Rotary club set up a big tent and cooked hamburgers for hungry festival participants.
A future Campbell River business tycoon meagerly starts to build a name for himself on the shores of Robert Osler Park, while people started to pour in from all entrances to ensure a nice viewing spot for the fireworks, and to catch a glimpse of Ryan Mennie.
Even more impressive, is this real guitar, that was transformed into a Guitar Hero controller especially for the competition, which took place on the main stage. It was awarded to the winner of the competition.
Oh look there he is! Ryan Mennie awards this young lady with the Peavey Guitar. She also won a Playstation 2 and Guitar Hero game console.
This crazy guy really wanted to get blogged, so he stretched his body sideways and caught my attention. There was only one thing I asked for in return...
Now I finally know what it's like to be a hot dog vendor. Next up is hopefully a prime spot outside Wrigley Field.
I managed to sneak into the parade and get some awesome shots of the people who lined the streets between the community center and the Maritime museum.
Hundreds of people cheered me on.
People even put down their cold cut trios to say hello.
I bumped into this same guy later on in the evening at Robert Osler Park, where he continued to shower The Eagle with praise.
There are many perks to my job.
Being able to dip my head into huge cakes is one of them.
The para-troopers from Comox slid onto the temporary tarmac which was painted on the grass at Osler park.
Thankfully all arrived safely.
Before the fireworks began, and the festival ending, Campbell River's Canada Day committee took to the stage to thank the thousands of beautiful people who made everything possible by showing up and having a great time.
There was a heavy security presence. When your as big as Ryan Mennie, you can never have enough security.
Secret police.
Happy Canada Day! Love, Guy.
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