July gets off to a busy start!
Sorry for my absence. The holiday weekend was a very busy one for me, and I finally had time to work on photos yesterday.
FOURTH OF JULY PARADE - NORTH POLE
North Pole held its Fourth of July Parade on Saturday the 3rd. My friend Lori and I made it downtown just in time to see the start. The roads were closed off, so we parked near the Safeway, and watched the parade from one of the roundabouts.
The parade didn’t seem to last as long this year. And I didn’t see some of my favorites from last year - like the couple riding the old fashioned bicycles. I did notice more than the usual political floats and supporters, which was yawn-worthy at best. I’m not a fan of mixing politics with celebration, so my camera got a break for a good portion of the parade. Give me 4H kids and dog rescue groups. Or children dressed in red, white, and blue. But keep the cars with the political billboards out of the parade. And don’t try to hand me your candidate’s fliers either. (OK, enough about that)
Santa and Mrs Claus were in the parade as always. It’s North Pole - they are expected! I loved hearing the kids next to me yelling out “Santa! Santa!”. Ah, to be young and a believer.
Some of the other interesting parade participants included a cute pony wearing sunglasses, and a very energetic Elvis, who danced for the crowd when asked.
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