The half marathon (see previous post) was held in conjunction with the Morgan County Fair. After my epic run, later that day I rode in my first parade. The Morgan County Fair this year celebrated it's 100th birthday. The fair board asked families with century farms (farms that have remained in the same family for the past 100 years) to participate in the parade. That included my family.
My dad got out his tractor to pull the trailer behind.
My Grandmother and parents represented their respective generations.
Then there was me. Yep, all of my siblings had one excuse or another and somehow got out of it so I had to represent our generation. I will admit I wasn't very excited to be in the parade. My girls and their cousins were all very excited to ride the "float" and represent their generation. We all had our matching cattle brand shirts and we were set to go.
The kids threw candy and little farm toys to the crowd. That lasted for the first half mile. Then we were completely out. I said to them, "Just smile and wave kids. Just smile and wave." As I got on the float I realized I grabbed Ethan's t-shirt instead of mine. His shirt has a big hole in one armpit. I had to be careful to only use one arm in order not to flash the crowds of people. I must say I did the elbow-elbow-wrist-wrist with style! By the end of the parade I had the parade wave down and the kids were happy as can be!
I will admit that it was way more exciting than I thought it would be. It was fun to see people who I have seen in years. People from the streets would call us out by name, that only happens in small towns. That is what makes it all so fun!
1 comment:
Thanks for sharing. I love you! You have to admit, I had a really good excuse why I couldn't do it.
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