Trip report
PrideFest: Lake Worth & the Palm Beaches
Social Event DATE: 03/26/2017 - 03/26/2017
Trip/Event Location: Lake Worth, FL
US
Trip Leader(s): Mrwritenow
Max # People: 100
Trip Guiding / Event Fee: No, I will not be asking participants for money
Difficulty Level: Easy
Join the LGBTQ community to celebrate Palm Beach PrideFest Saturday, March 25 & Sunday, March 26, 2017, noon to 6 pm both days in Bryant Park, downtown Lake Worth. I always do the parade
...DIRECTIONS TO BRYANT PARK
North of Lake Worth
- I-95 South to 10th Avenue North
- 10th Avenue go east to South Dixie Highway
- South Dixie Highway south to Lake Avenue
- Lake Avenue east to Bryant Park
- Parking along side streets
South of Lake Worth
- I-95 North to 6th Avenue South
- 6th Avenue go east to South Dixie Highway
- South Dixie Highway north to Lake Avenue
- Lake Avenue east to Bryant Park
- Parking along side streets
Trip Report/Photos
PrideFest of Lake Worth & the Palm Beaches
Two full members and three guests met up on Lake Avenue to watch the parade. We purchased our tickets from street vendors ($10) before the parade, which lasted for about an hour. The small town parade had drag queens, hot bodied boys, politicians and local personalities, youth and senior groups, religious houses of worship, several local and national businesses, municipal and school police, a marching band, and members of advocacy groups like NOW and the ACLU.
Following the parade, we filed into Bryant Park along with 2700+ others for the main part of PrideFest. In the onslaught I found two of the guests but lost Carlos and Tom, the other guest. We wondered through the tents to see what was being offered by various vendors and listened to the performers, which were all quite good. We purchased food to eat and rested under the shade of trees to watch all sizes of dogs play as well as to oogle at a bare chested Hercules playing frisbee with his son.
About 3 o'clock I received a text to meet Carlos at his home (about 1.5 miles away) for a BBQ. Carlos' home is gorgeous, to say the least, and was the perfect gathering place after the crowd and noise of PrideFest. From about 4-6, he, Tom, and I chatted and chuckled about all manner of topics from landscaping, renovations, sightseeing, horror stories, politics, and food. After hors d'oeuvres of various cheeses and crackers, Carlos served a pork dish with his own homemade marinade along with a crisp baguette and salad. He topped off dinner with a mango sorbet. Unfortunately, not from his mango tree. Next time!
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What Members Are Saying About This Trip/Event
- Great fun to be here and queer with GO in Lake Worth. We should make this a yearly event - JPHiker
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JPHiker
Mar 29, 2017 at 1:18 PM
Comment: Great fun to be here and queer with GO in Lake Worth. We should make this a yearly event |
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