Austin’s gone bananas, but we’re used to that in our weird city. Bright and early yesterday morning, hundreds of gorillas trampled a 5k distance, chasing down bananas and showing off their unique fashion sense.
The annual 5k Austin Gorilla Run benefits endangered mountain gorillas in Africa. A worthy wildlife cause, a morning of exercise, another chance to keep Austin weird, and gorilla suits for our very own? My son and I, along with family friends, jumped at the chance to participate. I was the sexy one in the cottontail.
In all, more than a 1,000 gorillas (and a few bananas) attempted to take over downtown Austin.
The weather was perfect, cool enough to keep us from getting too hot — and yet walking on the bridge over the river invited a rather brisk draft up our backsides!
I wish I had more photos to show you of great gorilla fashion, but I was busy being a gorilla (and a bunny). So instead I’ll point you to image sets by some wonderful photographers. Check out this and this.
Woe to bananas this day, this great (ape) day.
It would not be easy to locate friends in a sea of similar outfits. Of course we can remember little things, the voice,mannerism, the laughter……… i guess the apes remember friends the same way too.
Gosh. There’s never anything fun like this going on in my neck of the woods… nor is the weather that perfect! I must ask though… what type of Gorilla is your son dressed as? He almost looks like a news reporter Gorilla… One would expect a Donkey Kong in there somewhere!
Love the photos, especially the last one. ♥
Ha! Looks like a lot of fun! Nice way to get out of the house and goof off as a community. Those kinds of events create memories, too. 🙂