2024 Camas Days “America the Beautiful”

Members of the Vancouver Elite Gymnastic Academy (VEGA) prepare for the start of the 2024 Camas Days Kids Parade, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Vendors line Northeast Fourth Avenue in downtown Camas, Friday, July 26, 2024, for the first day of the 2024 Camas Days festival. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Navy veteran Waine Richards, of Fern Prairie, hands out poppies during the 2024 Camas Days festival, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas Police Chief Tina Jones "kisses" Beni, from the Ridgefield-based Mountain Peaks Therapy Llamas and Alpacas, during the 2024 Camas Days festival, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Claire G. hugs Beni, a therapy llama at Mountain Peaks Therapy Llamas and Alpacas, during the first day of the 2024 Camas Days festival in downtown Camas, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Santa and Mrs. Claus, also known in Camas-Washougal as Dennis and Kooky Helland, greet community members at the 2024 Camas Days festival in downtown Camas, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Members of the award-winning FIRST Robotics Competition Team 2471, also known as "Team Mean Machine," which includes students from Camas, Discovery, Washougal and Hockinson high schools, wait for the start of the 2024 "America the Beautiful" themed Camas Days Kids Parade near the Camas Public Library, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas-Washougal Chamber of Commerce Director Jennifer Senescu (right) presents a bouquet of flowers to Camas Recreation Coordinator Krista Bashaw, thanking her for her years' of service coordinating the Kids Parade during the annual Camas Days festival, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

A duck mascot promoting the Camas-Washougal Rotary Club's annual Ducky Derby, greets a young visitor during the 2024 Camas Days festival, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

The Camas Days Kids' Street offers rides and amusements for children on both days of the two-day 2024 Camas Days festival, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Downtown Camas Association Director Carrie Schulstad dresses like a parsnip to help promote the Camas Farmer's Market during the 2024 Camas Days Kids Parade, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Siblings Rowan and Emma E. show their second-place nonmotorized award-winning entry in the 2024 "America the Beautiful" Camas Days Kids Parade, Friday, July 26, 2024.

Students from the Jack, Will and Rob Center summer care program wait for the start of the 2024 "America the Beautiful" themed Camas Days Kids Parade near the Camas Public Library, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Members of the Evergreen Dance Academy wait for the start of the 2024 "America the Beautiful" themed Camas Days Kids Parade near the Camas Public Library, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Vendors greet visitors on Northeast Fourth Avenue in downtown Camas during the first day of the 2024 Camas Days festival, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

A Camas-Washougal Fire Department fire engine leads the 2024 Camas Day Kids Parade on Northeast Fourth Avenue, near Camas City Hall, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

A sign near the Camas Public Library in downtown Camas on Friday, July 26, 2024, advertises the Friends and Foundation of the Camas Library's annual four-day book sale, which coincides with the annual Camas Days celebration. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

A sign points to Next Dough Neighbor in downtown Camas during the 2024 Camas Days festival, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

The Camas High School marching band performs during the Camas Days festival grand parade on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Children receive candy during the Camas Days festival grand parade on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Camas Days King and Queen Dennis and Kooky Hellan wave during the festival's grand parade on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal Mayor David Stuebe drives Molly Coston, the Camas-Washougal Chamber of Commerce's 2024 Citizen of the Year, during the festival's grand parade on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Camas Days grand marshal Brent Erickson waves during the festival's grand parade on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Camas City Council members wave during the festival's grand parade on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Attendees walk down Fourth Avenue on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Members of the Grace Foursquare Church team accept their first-place trophy after winning the bathtub races event at the Camas Days festival on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Members of the Grace Foursquare Church team celebrate after winning the bathtub races event at the Camas Days festival on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Members of the Hell's Bells team compete in the bathtub races event at the Camas Days festival on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Children play in water sprayed from a firehouse during the bathtub races event at the Camas Days festival on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

A member of the Team Mean Machine repairs at device at the Camas Days festival on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

A child pets a goat during the Camas Days festival on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Vendors create balloon animals during the Camas Days festival on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

A Sabor Mexicano employee prepares a tamale for a waiting customer during the Camas Days festival on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

A face-painter paints the face of a child during the Camas Days festival on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Children play with rubber ducks at the Camas-Washougal Rotary Club's tent during the Camas Days festival on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

A child breaks a board, held by a World Class Martial Arts student, during the Camas Days festival on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

A hat is filled with candy during the Camas Days festival grand parade on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Get To-Gather Farm owner John Spencer waves during the Camas Days festival grand parade on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Camas Days master of ceremonies Doug Quinn (left) talks to the crowd during the festival's grand parade on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

The Camas Lions Club's "Camas The Bee-utiful" float rides down Fourth Avenue during the Camas Days festival grand parade on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

A Shriners Hospital clown gives a piece of candy to a child during the Camas Days festival grand parade on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Children beg passing parade entrants for candy during the Camas Days festival grand parade on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Members of the Mount Pleasant School's Fantastix Baton Club perform during the Camas Days festival grand parade on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Camas High School cheerleaders perform during the Camas Days festival grand parade on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

An attendee cheers for a passing vehicle during the Camas Days festival grand parade on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)