Captain_Oblivious
DIS Dad #257, Galactic Salad Dodger
- Joined
- Nov 10, 2008
- Messages
- 13,409
And thats a good thing because I wasnt even worth shooting the next morning.
Are you sure? Did you ask Andy?
What!?!?!? Another Parade!?!?!?
Isnt that where we came into to this D-Grade excuse for a TR in the first place!
NOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo .
You see that ugly, multicolored, flowery looking thingy at the top of the hill on the far left of that last image?
I'm not sure that passes the Captain_Oblivious Art Test.
We staked ourselves out a spot just after the turn off of Main Street.
I'm sorry, I've just been trained differently. Whenever there's a parade you're supposed to head for the ride that usually has the longest wait.
After a couple of council rep and local officials, the next bit of actual entertainment was the synchronized go-carts maintained by one of the area Shrine clubs. A little like the Energizer Bunny, these guys would head up a little ways and then turn and come back variously breaking into figure eights or crisscross maneuvers before turning again to move farther down the way.
Now that's fun. More of these guys, please!
Meet Fat Elvis
Next you'll tell me they had so much trouble coming up with celebrities that they put 2 Grinches in the parade.
I figured youd like a clearer look just to see for yourself that Elvis is indeed still alive (He may have just gone back home
That's Agent K's story.
Christmas had arrived.
As for that second picture Ive got no clue how to even explain that one. What they intended to represent or even what connection the papier-mâché dragons head that had been built onto an office chare had to do with the Christmas season escapes me at the moment (Chinese New Year maybe still not sure). But again, does it really matter?
The Fort Mill Christmas Parade...We'll Let Anybody March!
Now its time to get back to a little bit of Americana. Does that mean Dancing Girls? Not just yet, well get to that latter on. Right now though we encountered something else very American, are more typical of small towns
The Pool Hall? Motorcycle gangs?
Boy Scouts.
Oh...right.
Pop Quiz! When you dont have a lot of floats handy to glide down the thoroughfares at your local parade what do you use as a substitute?
Please say zambonis. Please say zambonis.
Random trucks of course
Rats.
Next on the agenda was this hillbilly-esk contraption
(Plese dont ask me to explaine it I dont think its possible).
I like Andy's theory. Although he missed the Griswold Christmas tree.
But as you can see, we did try to atone for our appalling lack of judgment by immediately following it up with more cub scouts (pictures of young kids are second only to pictures of babies when it comes to quickly changing the subject).
Hey, it works for Barry's TR.
Oh and you did think to go back up there and click on that last compilation of images didnt you?
Well did ya'?
"Site Blocked"
Riding what else? A fire engine of course.
(What? You were expecting reindeer?)
No zamboni?
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
So what was the point?
There was a point?
I think that the real point of all this nonsense is to say that when a chance to travel presents itself, no matter how it is disguised, make sure that you hop on that bus
I'm with you, brother.
Baby steps get on a bus
Dr. Marvin!
Dr.! Leo! Marvin!
The entire world may be just over the horizon, but the entire world is also all around you if you take time to experience it. And more importantly, take time to realize that you are a part of that world, and not just existing within it. Proverbs proclaim that every journey begins with a single step. But theyre never specific as to when a journey ends. The easy answer is that it ends when you stop taking steps. The real answer is that is ends when you either dont remember or no longer care about the steps you take. Myself Im looking forward to taking more steps away from where I currently am.
If youd care to follow along, Id be grateful for the company
If you do the journey right, it should never end. There's always something new around the corner.
Lead the way, sir. I'll be right behind you.
Unless the game's on. I just got HD, and it's spectacular. But it should only be a couple of hours.