{"id":408,"date":"2013-04-14T18:07:28","date_gmt":"2013-04-14T22:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/?p=408"},"modified":"2013-04-17T12:29:59","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T16:29:59","slug":"festival-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/?p=408","title":{"rendered":"Festival day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a weekend of festivals on the eastern shores of central Florida.<br \/>\nFirst was an East Indian festival. While it wasn&#8217;t huge, it was really nice&#8230;. I was completely ready for the food, but was surprised by entertainment, many vendors, a super friendly environment, and an air filled gauntlet course!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMAG0598.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"IMAG0598.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMAG0598.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next up was an Italian fest at one of the local churches&#8230; I have to say, I was a bit of a let down&#8230; It seemed to be more of a carnival with pizza than an Italian festival. I did see that there was going to be a dinner later where I saw some cannoli and crostoli set out in preparation. There was also some old timey dance which was fun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMAG0602-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"IMAG0602-1.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMAG0602-1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I even tripped over some bocce balls in the courtyard, so all in all, it wasn&#8217;t too bad. Since we had another stop, I didn&#8217;t wait for dinner and I had no desire to ride the tilt-a-whirl, so we made our exit.<\/p>\n<p>Next was the Native American fest. This one was cool. In a large park in south of Daytona, this traveling\u00a0 group was great. With different shows featuring &#8220;east meets West&#8221; comedy, bald eagle displays<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMAG0604.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"IMAG0604.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMAG0604.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a killer drum circle all around a huge communal drum&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMAG0605.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"IMAG0605.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMAG0605.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Add a bunch of vendors to the mix with all sorts of crafts and knickknacks to poke through&#8230; it was a good time!<\/p>\n<p>With a beach-side drink smack in the middle of the festivities,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMAG0603.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"IMAG0603.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/trail.walkofirresponsibility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wpid-IMAG0603.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a good day&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a weekend of festivals on the eastern shores of central Florida. First was an East Indian festival. While it wasn&#8217;t huge, it was really nice&#8230;. I was completely ready for the food, but was surprised by entertainment, many vendors, a super friendly environment, and an air filled gauntlet course! 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