Labor Day weekend at the beach

Gallery from the Paddle the Shores at Oyhut Bay and the Kelpers Festival in Moclips/Pacific Beach

Back-to-back blue sky days greeted participants and onlookers Saturday and Sunday for the annual Paddle the Shores watercraft races and competition in Ocean Shores and at the Kelpers Festival and Shake Rat Rendezvous in Moclips/Pacific Beach.

The highlights included the cardboard boat competition in the canal off of Oyhut Bay, and the annual Kelpers Festival Parade of colorful North Beach characters, including the Ocean Shores Pirates and their ship the Black Rose.

More photos online at the North Coast News Facebook page.

Labor Day weekend at the beach
Labor Day weekend at the beach
Scott D. Johnston photo: The Seagate float at the Kelpers Festival Parade Sunday in Pacific Beach.

Scott D. Johnston photo: The Seagate float at the Kelpers Festival Parade Sunday in Pacific Beach.

Scott D. Johnston photo: Characters that captured the imagination were part of the Kelpers Festival Parade Sunday in Pacific Beach.

Scott D. Johnston photo: Characters that captured the imagination were part of the Kelpers Festival Parade Sunday in Pacific Beach.

Scott D. Johnston photo: The King Clam float makes its way into Pacific Beach for the annual Kelpers Festival Parade.

Scott D. Johnston photo: The King Clam float makes its way into Pacific Beach for the annual Kelpers Festival Parade.

Labor Day weekend at the beach

Scott D. Johnston photo: The King Clam float makes its way into Pacific Beach for the annual Kelpers Festival Parade.

Scott D. Johnston photo: You can’t have a Kelpers Festival Parade without a few mermaids.

Scott D. Johnston photo: You can’t have a Kelpers Festival Parade without a few mermaids.

Labor Day weekend at the beach

Scott D. Johnston photo: You can’t have a Kelpers Festival Parade without a few mermaids.

Scott D. Johnston photo: Even the crowd was colorful at the Kelpers Festival Parade in Pacific Beach on Sunday.

Scott D. Johnston photo: Even the crowd was colorful at the Kelpers Festival Parade in Pacific Beach on Sunday.

Labor Day weekend at the beach

Scott D. Johnston photo: Even the crowd was colorful at the Kelpers Festival Parade in Pacific Beach on Sunday.

Labor Day weekend at the beach

Scott D. Johnston photo: Even the crowd was colorful at the Kelpers Festival Parade in Pacific Beach on Sunday.