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| On July 5th, 2010
we participated in the Clear Lake 4th of July Parade. Dani rode Huck,
Kelly rode Gato, and Tory rode Tess. |
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| We got to Clear
Lake plenty early since we'd never been to this parade before... |
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| It was cool looking
into the windows of the trailer and seeing three white horses lined up in a
row. :o) |
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| Since Gato and Huck
don't seem to get along we tied Gato to one side of the trailer ..... |
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| and Huck and Tess
got tied to the OTHER side of the trailer. Dani and Tory
started getting ready when we got there... |
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| Grandma had to pee
and luckily .... there was a porty potty right next to where we were parked!
Excellent!! On the way back from the bathroom, Grandma found a
penny on the ground. I told her not to pick it up because it was
tails up and heads up is luckier. She said she didn't care how lucky
it was .... she was picking it up because even if it was a little luck ....
she was going to take it. |
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| The gang pose
together ... grandma, Tory, Dani, and Sally. The girls were goofing
off all morning. |
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| Now Kelly gets into
the picture. |
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| Grandma always
packs snacks. Tory and Dani decide to get some fruit .... mmmmm
... DANI! Are you flipping me off?!! STOP THAT!!! |
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| Russ and Sally get
in a little nap before the parade starts .... ok .... we're REALLY early to
this one. Even Gato is bored just standing there. He
tries to eat his tassles .... |
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| Grandma starts to
talk to Gato (she does that a lot lately ??? :o) Then she
gives Gato a treat so he will quit eating his tassles ... |
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| A shot of the
parade line up .... floats and entries lined both sides of the road ... |
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| Up one way .... and
down the other ....there were over 100 entries in this parade today. |
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| Lots of things that
would scare a horse .... |
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| It's lucky we're
parked a ways away from all this commotion ..... |
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| We had a PERFECT
parking place for this parade. We could see everything but were just
far enough back that the horses couldn't. EXCELLENT!!! |
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| Russ got a shot of
Kelly's fancy eyelashes. :o) Smile Gato!! |
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| Kelly, Tory, and
Dani mount up ...... looks like the parade is starting to move!! |
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| We're ready to go!! |
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| The girls head up
to the road .... |
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| The parade
officials drove up and down to make sure everybody had everything they
needed. The one other horse entry in the parade went ahead
of us. |
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| We were the very
last thing in the parade bringing up the tail end. |
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| Here we go! |
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| Oops .... I guess
we weren't the very last thing. Sally was our pooper scooper for
the parade and she was the very VERY last thing in the parade.
Hahahaha!! |
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| Everybody looks so
pretty in their costumes! |
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| Russ takes some
shots of the other floats in the parade downtown .... |
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| Here we come!
(**See Clear Lake in the back?) |
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| The lake was so
pretty even though the day was cloudy and overcast .... |
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| Gato does his moves
downtown ..... |
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| Everybody thinks
the horses are pretty .... |
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| Gato does his
spanish walk for the crowd. |
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| The whole gang -- |
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| The kids along the
way want to come out and pet Gato when we stop along the parade route.
Gato is careful not to step on anybody's toes!!! |
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| ....and off we go
again for some more dancing. Tess and Huck are saying ---
is this parade EVER going to be over?! |
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| Gato loves the
parade and he loves the kids clapping for him. |
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| A nice shot of the
other horse in the parade. Sally is wondering if this parade is
about over, too. |
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| This was the best
parade we've ridden in this year so far. Gato and I had so much
fun!! |
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| Dani looks so
pretty in the green costume on Huck! |
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| I sure love this
horse .... |
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| Here's a good shot
of all three of us at the end of the parade. All the people are
picking up their chairs to go home and were crowding around us. I
guess it's time to go home!! |
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