PHOTO: Floating at the Rhody

The Sequim Irrigation Festival float, whose theme is “A Place for You to Rome,” rolled through Port Townsend in the 85th annual Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade on Aug. 14. The royalty, from left, are princesses Allie Gale, Zoee Kuperus and Sydney VanProyen and queen Hannah Hampton. Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Olympic Peninsula News Group

The Sequim Irrigation Festival float, whose theme is “A Place for You to Rome,” rolled through Port Townsend in the 85th annual Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade on Aug. 14. The royalty, from left, are princesses Allie Gale, Zoee Kuperus and Sydney VanProyen and queen Hannah Hampton. Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Olympic Peninsula News Group

The Sequim Irrigation Festival float, whose theme is “A Place for You to Rome,” rolled through Port Townsend in the 85th annual Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade on Aug. 14. The royalty, from left, are princesses Allie Gale, Zoee Kuperus and Sydney VanProyen and queen Hannah Hampton. Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Olympic Peninsula News Group