Sand and Sawdust In Ocean Shores Washington
We continue to be guests of the Quinault Beach Resort and Casino near Ocean Shores, Washington. This past weekend we attended the Sand and Sawdust festival, and I must say we quite enjoyed it.
The sand part of the event has to do with the building of sand castles and other sand sculptures. They do a great job of setting up for this. All down the beach pits had been dug several feet down giving contestants both a nearby source of water and a mound of loose sand.
The contestants have the better part of a day to work on their creations, and all skill levels are represented.
Some folks used very simple tools:
Other people came with forms, sprayers, and various other special purpose tools:
I particularly liked that they had a category for family teams. What a great way to spend a day with family! Even those who were not officially competing got into the action.
Anyone know what kind of dog this is? It has the look of husky, but it is an order of magnitude smaller.
Never having attended one of these events before, I was surprised and impressed by what was created.
We could particularly relate to this one.
The sawdust part of the festival was all about chainsaw carvings, and again I was impressed. Contestants came from as far away as Germany to show what they could do. I had to chuckle at some of the creative marketing too.
This was not a quiet event. The sound of chainsaws and other power tools bombards you from all sides.
It was fun watching the carvers at work.
Many of the carvings were quite good, at least to my unskilled eye.
All in all a fun filled event that I m glad we attended.
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What incredible structures! They must take forever to make. I think maybe the dog is a minature husky, or maybe not fully grown? I like the mermaid; she looks like Nicole!
That mermaid does *not* look like me — she has a chin like Brian Mulroney!! phhht!
Now I would never say that people regularly ask me if Nicole is related to the Mulroneys, but I’m not saying it hasn’t happened either.
*Ducks*
You can’t duck fast enough!
thanks for sharing these pics.. I love the bear… i sure he gives cuddly bear hugs:) the RV… not so sure if you really would want to trade with yours:)
keep on taking pics we love to see them.
Oops…I overlooked the chin.
Yah! lol
What a blast this day looks to have been! In all the years I lived up there, I never heard of this event! I was struck by the little girl in pink; she reminds me of my daughter when she was little, right down to the clothes. I used to take the girls to Ocean Shores once or twice a summer and just loved watching the ocean and the gulls. This looks like it was way more fun!