This event is the major fundraiser for
the Talkeetna Historical Society, and there
are activities all day long, street vendors, music, plays,
great food and fun. It is a family event. While the schedule
never gets firmed up much before late June, based on the last
34 years, here is a quick outline of what to expect:
All day Saturday and Sunday: One Pitch
Softball Tournament. Great fun, quick moving, at the ballpark.
Watch it for an hour or all day. No admission. Ballpark next
to Historical Society Museum.
Saturday Morning: 5 k footrace –
can sign up earlier that morning for this but no guarantee
of a t-shirt if you wait that long.
Noon Saturday: Parade – right down
Main Street and then back again so you get to enjoy it twice,
except for the bagpipers who always detour into the Fairview
Inn.
All Day Saturday: street vendors; free
music and entertainment in the park; usually a play several
times a day; great food and good family fun.
Saturday afternoon: Head to the VFW for
the Moose Drop Dropping – a raffle sponsored by the
VFW. Don't be late! (If you are on "Talkeetna Time",
all you will get to watch is the kids and dogs kicking moose
droppings around.) Shellacked and numbered moose poop is hauled
up in the air in a net and then dropped on a bullseye. Raffle
numbers correspond to numbers on moose poop. Winners
include the closest and farthest from the bullseye. Sounds
like not-much-fun but it is a highlight of the day!
Somewhere on the schedule is the Mountain
Mother Contest. It varies from Friday night to Saturday
to Sunday so not sure when it will be this year; probably
Saturday or Sunday. Contest for the Crown of the Mountain
Mama! Lots of fun. Entries limited to mothers; limited
number of entries and they fill up fast. Shoot a bow and arrow,
diaper a baby, haul water, chop firewood, make a whipped cream
pie.
Plus it is the last weekend of king salmon
fishing.
Also jetboat
tours, flightseeing
tours and rafting
trips. Museums,
art
galleries, restaurants,
gift
shops & retail stores are open, and usual Talkeetna
fun. Usually music and dancing in the evening – some
family oriented, some for adults only.
Hope this has given you some idea of
the fun we Talkeetna-ites can get up to.
Places fill up fast in town for this weekend as it usually
corresponds to the last weekend for king salmon fishing,
and you will need reservations for lodging.
See you in town.
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