Olympia's Pet Parade!

If you love to see cute pets, cute kids and creative costumes on both, as well as decorated bikes, trikes and wagons - you will LOVE Olympia's annual pet parade happening this coming Saturday! And if you have a cute kid (with or without a cute pet), it is not too late to plan to participate in the parade.

This is the 80th Pet Parade and it is a very cool community event, now sponsored by The Olympian newspaper. Participants don't need to pre-register but should gather in Heritage Park downtown by Capitol Lake for judging between 8:30 and 9:45 before the parade begins at 10 AM. There are lots of categories for kids and their pets to have a chance to win prizes, and the parade itself is a kick to watch or walk along in! Parents are welcome to accompany smaller kids in the parade as it makes its way from Heritage Park to Sylvester Park - and then there is ice cream for all the entrants!