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Rain was forecast for later in the day, and given this year's flooding one couldn't be too safe.

Some of the most enthusiastic partying took place not on Palmer Street itself but in the parking lots behind the houses and apartment buildings.

All in the family: Here are Athens Police Chief Tom Pyle, right, and his deputy sheriff daughter. Chief Pyle's father was a lawman, too. There's a long tradition of generations of the same family serving in law enforcement.

There was a fine array of teeshirts at the fest.

One reveler learns from an officer what happens if you walk down the street with an open beer.

The crowd was substantial. There was a decent though chilly multitude at Mill Fest, but the threat of bad weather kept the High Fest turnout low. Palmer Fest, as usual, brought together most everybody.