Today dawned fair and bright so it was decided to head down to the Jersey Shore in order to catch the Clownfest at Seaside Heights.
Little did we know that the traffic would be horrible and what should have been a 2hr ride took nearly 3.5hrs!
However once we were there we were amply rewarded by a fabulous parade of clowns - from young to old, large to small and all varieties inbetween.
The boardwalk and funfair were all busy and good for picture taking too. I've never been to the Jersey beaches before and Seaside Heights was quite a revelation. In many ways quite akin to Blackpool in the UK where I visited recently, and definitely a lot busier and more interesting than Coney Island.
The footwear on show was fairly large and dramatic too..... All in all a fun day out!!
Another comment from moi. Because I have to say that I have a like/hate relationship with clowns, as so many of them look like dolls, and I don't much like dolls, because they sometimes freak me out, and this is obviously about ME, but...
Those Shoes Rock!!
I think back to last Monday and remember that our morning traffic was so horrific we all got to the office in major snits and were bitching about the traffic for an hour. I guess school's in session and summer's really over...
Posted by: Chris | September 24, 2012 at 01:29 PM
Wow - that's driving dedication!
Being very clown heavy, this set of images would have sent my boy screaming out of the house. He had the most acute fear of clowns, puppets, masks, stufefd dolls and owls. It wasn't until he was old enough to talk that he finally told us he was terrified of the tiny clown marionette hanging on his wall (talking 3 inches most here), and of his Bert & Ernie dolls. After we took them away, he was finally able to spend the whole night in his room - what a relief!
Posted by: Cindy Lane | September 20, 2012 at 08:34 PM
you got some great shots! Good thing there was a great reward on the other side of those 3.5 hours! ugh.
Posted by: Bren | September 17, 2012 at 09:21 AM
I cannot help SMILING!! Thanks Marie
Posted by: Chantal | September 17, 2012 at 03:31 AM
Love the color intensity here. For unknown reasons, my favorite is the shoes.
Posted by: Joanne Thieme Huffman | September 17, 2012 at 02:30 AM