Mardi Gras

The weather turned out great for the parade—sunny and in 70’s. In the morning Gulf Shores had their parade. We found out that in the afternoon they were also going to be in the Orange Beach parade. We left on our bikes and road the trails to OB. It was the best decision. If we drove, it would have been almost impossible to find a place to park. After the parade, cars were trapped because of all the places people parked where they were not supposed to.

We arrived about 45 minutes before the start at 2p, but had to wait about another 45+ before the parade reached us. We had a great spot because we waited by an opening that went into a parking lot and while cars were going in a policeman had his vehicle parked to the side and he was checking the cars. He later moved it to block the drive and allowed us to stand where his cop car was. We ended up talking to him the time we waited. He was very nice and interesting.

The following are a few pics I tried to get. The sun was in my way as they came towards me. Also, it was hard to take pictures while you are getting hit by beads, Moon Pies, candy, toys, etc.

This is some