Do You Like Parades? I Do!

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When I was a child in Missouri, my parents used to take me to the Veiled Prophet Parade in St. Louis. I was mesmerized. It happens about the same time of year as Mardi Gras in New Orleans. As a young woman, I drove myself across country to San Francisco after college, got a job and made new friends. My first New Year's Eve, my friends suggested we all go to Pasadena, near Los Angeles, for the Rose Bowl Parade. We slept on the sidewalk and had fun watching the parade the next morning. I still remember the smell of the flowers. After I was married, my husband and I moved to Dallas and raised our children. We sometimes took them to the Cotton Bowl parade in downtown Dallas. We lived in the Highland Park area of Dallas and our children often participated in the fun Fourth of July parade in that town. One of our daughters even won "Most Patriotic Tricycle" when she was about 4 years old! LOL Our family has always enjoyed watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and the New Year's Day Rose Bowl Parade on TV. My husband and I now live in Southern California and last year we went to see all the Rose Bowl floats with one of our adult daughters. The smell of all those gorgeous flowers brought back fun memories. The float in the photo above was one of the floats we saw that day. Even though I am almost 70, I have decided I am not too old to enjoy a good parade. On New Year's Day this year, I will be watching the Rose Bowl Parade once again from the comfort of my warm living room! LOL