Mascot Madness

[sabotlours]

On Saturday a local wildlife refuge was holding an anniversary party for its establishment. Otto Otter was invited to perform so I jumped at the chance. I was pleased to see that several other agencies sent their mascots out there as well to perform. So I got to hang out with Orbit, the mascot for the Isotopes baseball team, Puddles the Duck from the Fish and Wildlife Service, Seymour the Antelope from the Bureau of Land Management, Leroyo the Ditch Monster from the City's Water Safety Bureau, Buddy Bison from the National Park Service, and of course Smokey Bear. The weather was nice and cool, but the sun was brutal. After just 2 hours I was soaked in sweat. It was hard to keep hydrated. I gave up after I started to get light-headed. It was fun to be able to perform with other critters. Orbit was the prima dona and he didn't stick around for very long. Puddles looked like he was having fun but just needed a little work on his performance. Leroyo gave up pretty quickly and the suit ended up being a plushie at their booth. Both Kitty and I determined that whoever was performing as Seymour must have been a furry. He/she had the performance thing down and looked like he/she was having a lot of fun. The one thing I have to keep reminding myself is that I'm not at a convention. I have to stop scritching the other mascots while posing for pics! Bad furry!

Otto, Orbit, and Puddles


Otto and Seymour


Otto and Leroyo

Comments

[freakylynx.livejournal.com]

Some nice looking suits :)

[quasiskunk.livejournal.com]

I'm getting hot n bothered over that Durr suit <.

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Leroyo the Ditch Monster ..! LOL!
Fun other costumes too.... would like to see a higher rez of Puddles :>
and *heh!!* good point... you gotta be careful not to accidentally become Sabot the Scritch Monster!

[stormdog.livejournal.com]

I love that there's a ditch monster mascot! *bounces*

[d-bandit.livejournal.com]

Why is Seymour wearing shorts? Does his suit have an SPH? Is his name really spelled Seemore? :)

[scruff-e-coyote.livejournal.com]

Leroyo the Ditch Monster?!?!?!?! *YOL* I love that subtle first name of his. So his name translates to "The Dry Gulch the Ditch Monster"? I take it since he's a monster he's suppose be one of the reasons to not play in or around river beds and arroyos in Albuquerque? But with that great BIG smile, cute bright eyes, and long fluffy gorgeous fur I would wanna go looking for him the next time there was a flash flood in town! *YOL*

[allaboutweather.livejournal.com]

Arroyo, not Leroyo. ;)

[tilt-longtail.livejournal.com]

neat pix! You can scritch me all you want!