BCA FYI

The SF Travel Association is literally rolling through town the next couple of days. Keep your eyes out for a motorized trolley carrying a group headed to Morro Bay, SLO Farmers’ Market and on to Pismo Beach. The VCB is helping make it happen … What do you get when you combine 35 gallons of ice cream and 100 pans of brownies? If you’re the famous Doc Burnstein’s in Arroyo Grande, the answer is a 300-pound ice cream sandwich with sights set on scooping the title “World’s Biggest” at the Arroyo Grande Centennial Celebration Block Party this Sunday. 1,600+ devotees can sample history and support Boy Scout Troop 413 starting at 4:30 that afternoon … And by the way, ConocoPhillips is hosting the celebration concert that afternoon … Morro Bay stepped up its 4th of July festivities with a Sunday Skateboard race that saw the world record for a one mile course get smashed to smithereens with a time of 3:43 (old time was 4:03). And on Monday, the fun continued with a second annual bike parade that had hundreds of pedalers including kids, dogs, adults and more than a few Uncle Sams. Kudos to all the communities who gave us holiday celebrations … Apropos of nothing but we think it’s interesting: this year July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays – an alignment that happens once every 823 years.