Finished up w/my 23rd parade season...no one injured on my watch...yet. HOWEVER...WAY AHEAD OF US...one 12/14yo fell off his float last night (Habitat For Humanity) and got run over by it...lower body injury (they believe it was just a broken leg)...he was doing EXACTLY what the rules said NOT to do...passing out candy FROM the float itself. The parade was suppose to start around 1900 and last 'til 2000...instead, it didn't finish 'til 2130 due to his fall/fracture. LOOOOONG night getting everyone returned to the staging area and all the pieces back to where they belonged.
This year, the LCRP Float, in the OKTOBERFEST Maple Leaf Parade, got rid of over 230#s of candy. Last night...not quite so much, but BOY HOWDY!!! Was there ever the crowd! It was the largest I've seen in over 20 years...I just wished we had a few more bodies than we did to handle it.
Other than that...we have a "Color Cruise" coming up tomorrow and a Car Club Picnic this Sunday...throwing on a sweatshirt should be all we need and a little "hot chocolate" to keep the upper lip warm.
I'm heading out right now to put about 250 miles, or so, on the SLC...then I'll see how much tomorrow will add...and I'll be watching REALLY CAREFULLY for those 4-legged brown sprinters we have too many of up here...they can ruin a perfectly good evening...let alone the car itself!!!
