Old Fashioned Days Parade

The truth of it is that I haven't been to a parade in years. Probably no real interest in parades is the reason, so I was a little surprised when I accepted an invite from my sister-in-law to join her, my brother, and their daughter, Amels, for Newberg's Old Fashioned Days parade this morning.

I couldn't have asked for a better parade experience. Even though we hadn't set up camp at dawn to secure good seating, we were still able to find a spot to watch the parade that was close to the beginning of the route and within easy walking distance back to the car. I had prepared myself for an early departure because I wasn't sure how long a slow-moving parade was going to keep Henry's attention. Those plans proved unnecessary. Let's forget for the moment the candy being thrown at us by nearly every float that went by, it was a never-ending stream of cars, fire trucks, and buses. One of the trucks was even blowing bubbles. Bubbles, I say! As far as Henry was concerned, the only that could have made it more interesting was if those floats were bouncing on gigantic balls. We watched the entire parade, from the first VFW car to the last car carrying the Lord and Lady of Astor House. Henry preferred to sit on my lap, while Amels had a grand time tracking down all of the candy in the street.

Of course there were pictures...

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