Day 126- July 24- Linda Deveau

I ran into Linda and her husband, Irvin, after the Fireworks show on Friday evening and she invited me to join them on the Seafest Princess' boat for the Parade of Lights tonight. I knew I was busy in the morning with the YMCA Scavenger Hunt (which my team, the Gabby Girls won after lots of laughs, shenanigans and kilometers traveled) but told Linda I would come to the wharf as soon as I could to help with the decorating. (Above is a photo of Linda and MJ starting to decorate the boat in the morning.)

Linda has been a friend of the family for a while. As I am typically only home during the summers, I normally think of her in relation to the Seafest Pageant since that is where we talk the most. She is an extremely stylish, active, friendly and well spoken woman. I remember when I was in high school always being impressed by how well she presented herself. She had charm, wit, nicely put together outfits, was involved in the community and was well respected by pretty much everyone I knew. I always wanted to grow up to be like her from that little exposure I had to her. Since that time, my opinion has not changed and I have really enjoyed the time we have had to talk and hang out. When I arrived at the boat, she had already finished the decorating because of the help of a few reliable friends. The boat was decorated in the theme of the "Royal Blue Rodeo".

I have included a mix of pictures from the last two weeks of Seafest, of which she plays a very active part on the planning committee. The first one is from the night of the pageant, she helped to promote the West Jet contest, in which Seafest has been in the top three. (Click here and please vote for Seafest if you haven't yet, use all the email addresses you have since it is only one vote per address.) The rest of the pictures are from the festival of lights. Enjoy!! (Thanks Linda for the chance to be a part of the parade and be on the water!! I had a wonderful time as always!!)











Theme Song for today(and our boat): Save a Horse (Ride a cowboy) by Big and Rich