So two beards walk into a bar...

Here are some more pictures from the Parade of Beards and the Welcome Party on Friday night.
The Welcome Party was at the Denai'nai Center and it was a rather nice place. Newly built and all shiny still. The patio had a spectacular view and, of course, there was lots of beer.
This is the scene during the local Mr. Fur Face competition. Basically an informal for fun contest based on certain facial hair colors and styles. They're all holding up their plaques. My friend Brian got best in the Red Fox category, but Bob won overall.
Alaska was made for the beer drinker. I finally found home. It embraces both of my hobbies: facial hair and beer.

After the Mr. Fur Face competition The Beards took the stage.



After the night wound down we found ourselves hitting up what had become our local bars and meeting new bearded people. That's Ian, Tim (both Kiwis), and Antony at a place called Subzero that gave us many a free drink and had a great Belgian beer selection. After hanging with these guys and Paul all week, people were asking where I was from when I'd talk to them because I had grown an accent.
And to finish the night early, a nice dark porter. After all, we had a big day to look forward to... so we went back at 2am.