Saturday, July 04, 2009

a WHOLE LOT of parade

pre-parade with Leana

Leana and Ameila came to visit for the 4th of July!
And we went to the Alameda parade!
While I swear that I will always be loyal to the St. Peter parade, I will say that this parade RULED.

the gals in our primo spot

pride time

it begins!

yeah!

these people were workin out on this semi. semis were popular in this parade.

this guy was seriously chillin

it's the Alameda fire department!

this lady for peace

Amelia tried to pet a member of the "Small Dogs of Alameda Society" (or something).

it didn't go very well

pride Elvis on a bike. yes.

cool ladies in their fly ride

these horses were dancing!

the sole member of The Black Cowboys of Oakland
(seriously, he had a shirt)

band. awesome.

girl scout bike gang!!

unicycle dude

look how happy this pilot is in his little plane

Alena wants to be these ladies

dudes with guns

PRIDE bus

baton twirlers. not kidding.

belly dancers/stilts crew

sweet drum group

the boy scouts used this MJ mannequin in their float

I'm not totally sure what this was

small horses

awesome literacy float

maximum pride

close up

another interesting group

we took a standing break. with pride.

flag car

beautiful float

these guys were feeling it so, so seriously.

And that's just about it.


7 comments:

Lizzie McNamara said...

Dang. Wish I was there. I want to join the Dionysian Club!

Lizzie McNamara said...

That was me.

- lizzo

Christopher said...

I do see a lot of pride, but I don't see any candy. One is nice, but the other reflects true love of country.

More importantly, did you go to the wienerschnitzel? how many times?

tambien, no tractors? really?

AND the boyscout mannequin layout defines freaky deaky.

we missed you. most days are less fun without auntie rachel, but especially those that involve parades and fireworks.

Bunkyblog said...

Grandma says, "Very nice!"

She added, "Rachel, today I got to sleep in until 9 a.m. and I don't have to make my own bed!

Ms. Jenny said...

that happy guy in the airplane looks like alena is holding him up. i thought it was a mini-plane, until i realized it was a real plane.

gainesville hates america. no parades, no fireworks. so i'm happy your blog reflects some pride

Ms. Jenny said...

also, in unrelated news, i want taco johns. desperately. taco johns is very american. and i need some right now.

MacKenzie said...

I like how you took a pic of everything. And I like that muppets video.