Stockton Annual Walnut Festival

I haven't been to my hometown for the annual Walnut Festival since 2007, but I was able to make the trip the last week in September.  As always the adventure was worth it, and I didn't realize I had missed this tradition so much until I sat down at the FFA stand and had a chili pie for the first time in 4 years. The FFA have been serving up good food at the festival since I was a little girl and probably before that.  If a chili pie isn't what you are looking for, then of course you can get a hamburger or some bbq and even a fabulous piece of pie if you have a sugar tooth.  This year's festival theme was Christmas in September.  This entails the decor that is used on the square as well as the entry into the park.  Enjoy the pictures I have supplied of my experience this year.

On Saturday morning some friends and I got started early for the, newly started tradition, Nut Fun Run.  My friends and I chose to walk the 2K that morning, but if you choose you could run the 2K or even a 10K. 

On Saturday afternoon the parade rolls down hwy 39, or the main street through Stockton.  The parade runs for a little under a mile, starting at the elementary school and ending at the town square.  I hope you enjoy the pictures of the many floats that are in the parade.  The boat with the duck waving (my stepmom) was particularly my favorite.  My dad was in the back of the boat, taking it easy and throwing candy out to all of the children that line the streets.  Dad always does this every year in some way, I think he likes seeing the kids' faces as they receive that candy.