"Are you going to the procession?" our new friend Marcy asked.
"What procession?" we replied.
"The Procession of the Species. It's sort of a parade, but Olympia style," she explained.
The folks who organize the procession describe it as "… a joyous, artistic pageant, embracing the languages of art, music and dance to inspire learning, appreciation and protection of the natural world."
It has just three rules:
So we went, and John took pictures. Here they are.