Duck Races in Oldenburg

We spent the weekend visiting long-time friends in Oldenburg (near Bremen and the North Sea).  Saturday was the annual Lion's club duck race, where 5000 rubber duckies float (actually, are pushed by a big fire hose) down the river  It's a charity event.  We "rented" our ducks and cheered them on.  Sadly we didn't win, but a great time was had by all.

Here are two photos, one early in the race and the second when the ducks had all been corralled into a narrow channel.  There is also a picture of us in the local paper, as people who came from far away just to watch the duck races.   https://www.nwzonline.de/oldenburg/oldenburger-entenrennen-2017_g_31,3,785027931.html  (we are picture #8 in this gallery).