PINSON — The fifth annual Float Your Boat Summer Festival was held at Turkey Creek Nature Preserve in Pinson on Saturday.
The event offered games, boat races, trail runs, food and music. Proceeds benefited the nature preserve’s Environmental Education Programming, which reaches 10,000 students every year. 
The build your own boat race enabled participants to compete with their own biodegradable boat.
Check out the photos below by Ron Burkett.
The boat race begins.
The boats are readied for the race.
A scene from the event
Ian Hall, 13, of Mountain Brook enjoys Turkey Creek in Pinson.
One of the boats floating in the race
Hollis Gilmer, 5, of Gadsden eats a watermelon at Saturday’s event.
Boats are dumped into Turkey Creek for the race.
The finish line
