(Photos Batch#1)
I woke up at around 7 AM today. When husband called me he said, "Look!" I ran towards the window and saw it. ''"Hm..." I responded and added, "They are not supposed to do that!"
What did I see? Well, there were rows of chairs already laid-out in front of our yard! I pouted and said, "but that's our place! Wahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
Husband counterpointed, "Yeah, but we don't own the street!"
Ok. But I didn't like it! Anyhow, it was a good thing husband's work van was parked right on 4th St. otherwise, the early birds could have gotten our place! From the Ripon newspaper issue of last week, Ripon Chamber of Commerce speculated to have some 40,000 visitors to come this year . True enough, people were swarming in town as early as 6 AM!
To insure a strategic space to watch the parade, husband placed our rocker and 4 plastic chairs under the sycamore tree. The parade started at a little past eleven in the morning. The marching band was playing and the drumming- the acoustic of this instrument reverved along our street that it echoed continuously in our house. And obviously, it was to signal they were on their way. At this point in time, husband was still out on a short social visit to our friendly neighbors nearby. After a while, he was home in time for the parade. At the parade, different sectors were represented. There were marching bands, babies on strollers (they were sooooo cute!). There were also firemen in their trucks, polo riders with their horses (they were so regal), cub scouts looking so cute (in their baseball caps and navy blue uniform with their yellow colored kerchief on their neck, they look so adorable).
Moreover, there were some ROTC kids, real estate companies agents, sherif's office folks, policemen in bikes, clowns and the Bethany Homes for the Eldery (to name a few), who joined in as participants in this year's annual parade. It lasted for over an hour. The weather was most accommodating since days before weather had been mostly cloudy and overcast. Today, the sun was up although it was a bit chilly outside. After the parade, we went to the barbeque of Mark and Julie B.
Here are some of the photos I have taken this morning. They are over 200 plus exposures that I have made but am still working on them. Nevertheless, I have some here for your visual delight. Enjoy!
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Baby inside a cart
And a lot more...
Mommy's club
Viva La Mexico!
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