Rolling into first place: The Greenleaf Inn

2025 Bed Races

Mon, 11/24/2025 - 9:45am

Greenleaf Inn team steering their way to a win. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register

Greenleaf Inn team steers its way to a win. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register

STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register

Austin Lewis riding on the Pier 1 Pizza bed, pre-races. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register

STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register

Greenleaf Inn team steers its way to a win. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register

STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register

Austin Lewis riding on the Pier 1 Pizza bed, pre-races. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register

STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register

This year's Early Bird Sale & Pajama Party on Nov. 22 included the return of the event's Bed Races, to the delight of spectators and competitors!

The Greenleaf Inn team, also representing both the Admiral's Quarters, took first place!

There were four other competitors: PIer 1 Pizza with young Austin Lewis riding a slice of pizza bed like a pro. The Boothbay Region YMCA team had a few difficulties. Boothbay Region Chamber of Commerce staffer Kjirsten Flores, whose husband was a team member, said, "The team didn't realize they would have to turn around a cone (to go back to the finish line), lost some wheels and had to lift the bed up around the cone. Wheels were smoking ... It was hilarious!"

Shannon's Unshelled raced a tanning bed and the Boothbay Harbor Cheerleading Team ran so hard, one team member lost a shoe.

"It was so much fun," Flores said. "So many people told us (Chamber staff) how happy they were the bed races were back."