The Port Townsend High School marching band leads the 2018 Rhody Parade along Lawrence Street in Uptown Port Townsend on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

The Port Townsend High School marching band leads the 2018 Rhody Parade along Lawrence Street in Uptown Port Townsend on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

PHOTOS: Port Townsend parade ‘Off to Rhodyland’

By Peninsula Daily News

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade on Saturday had some 107 entries. It was followed by the annual Cake Picnic. The festival, which began Monday, ends today with the Rhody Run at Fort Worden.

The 2018 Rhody queen, Ashley Rosser, rear, and Princesses Skyana Iardella and Lacey Bishop, wave to the crowd during the 2018 Rhody Parade tin Port Townsend on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

The 2018 Rhody queen, Ashley Rosser, rear, and Princesses Skyana Iardella and Lacey Bishop, wave to the crowd during the 2018 Rhody Parade tin Port Townsend on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Senior participants in the 2018 Rhody Parade wave spaghetti floats along Monroe Street in Port Townsend on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Senior participants in the 2018 Rhody Parade wave spaghetti floats along Monroe Street in Port Townsend on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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