Spirited Beach Bash

Halloween in Gig Harbor, Washington, doesn’t just mean candy for the kids; it means a beach party for all.

Now, every year kids paint pumpkins and bob for apples while adults commune over glasses of wine.
Photographer Thayer Gowdy

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So Christine set to work, recruiting neighbor Kathleen North for help, and the two families passed out fliers to neighbors along the beach, 10 houses each way. Now, every year kids paint pumpkins and bob for apples while adults commune over glasses of wine.

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“Growing up I had a neighborhood to trick-or-treat in, and I wanted my kids to have the same sort of feel.”

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