KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Thousands of Lake County residents and visitors packed downtown Kelseyville throughout its daylong Pear Festival celebration on Saturday.

Crowd estimates at the event placed attendance as high as 12,000, on par with last year’s event.

The 26th annual Kelseyville Pear Festival included a parade, pear-filled foods and drinks, a pie eating contest, a recipe contest, horse faire and more than 100 booths.

The cool fall day started off with the parade, filled with antique cars and tractors, horses, and many community groups.

The Lake County Horse Council renamed its Horse Faire – an event within the event – in honor of Quincy Andrus, a well-known local horsewoman and health care professional who died earlier this year.

The thousands of visitors made for a lot of work for the dozens of vendors, some of which sold out of food and beverage items.

The popular pear-filled baked goods – including pies and turnovers – were among the items that ran out, which is itself a tradition at the festival each year.