In Focus: Trunks With Treats draws thousands to Veterans Memorial Museum in Chehalis

Amanda and Robert Piedlow of Chehalis show off their "Elwood" and "Jake" tattoos on Thursday, Oct. 30, in their Blues Brothers-themed Trunks With Treats stop during the Veteran Memorial Museum's annual event in Chehalis. And while their Bluesmobile may not be a 1974 Dodge Monaco sedan like the famous car from the movie, it is a former police Dodge Charger, complete with a cop motor, cop tires, cop suspension and of course, cop shocks.

The Drahos family of Centralia poses in banana costumes, and a monkey costume, on Thursday, Oct. 30, as they make their way through the Veterans Memorial Museum's annual Trunks With Treats event in Chehalis.

Amy Holmes and Noah Romero hand out not only candy, but Pokémon cards too, to trick or treaters attending the annual Trunks With Treats event at the Veterans Memorial Museum in Chehalis on Thursday, Oct. 30.

Trick or treaters sport inflatable UFO and dinosaur costumes outside of the Veterans Memorial Museum in Chehalis during the museum's annual Trunks With Treats event on Thursday, Oct. 30.

Trick or treaters collect candy during annual Trunks With Treats event at the Veterans Memorial Museum in Chehalis on Thursday, Oct. 30.

A giant spider hangs from the side of a Trunks With Treats set up at the Veterans Memorial Museum in Chehalis during the museum's annual Halloween event on Thursday, Oct. 30.

Hundreds of local families sporting their Halloween costumes form a line hundreds of yards long around and behind the Veterans Memorial Museum in Chehalis on Thursday, Oct. 30, for the museum's annual Trunks With Treats event.