St. Patrick's Day Parade

A small Texas town may not seem like the most likely place for a St. Patrick's Day Parade, but Riverside, Texas does not let the lack of settlers with Irish ancestry get in the way of a good time.

There parade had four fire trucks,  a dozen or so "floats" and automobiles carrying dignitaries and political candidates, quite a few motorcycles (including four very fancy Honda trikes), and perhaps a dozen classic cars.  I had offered to drive military veterans in the parade for the H.E.A.R.T.S. Military Museum, but we were not able to coordinate it.

The only problem with the parade is that there were more people in the parade than spectators,unless people were gathered on a part of the route we could not see.  Several vehicles tossed candy and trinkets to the kids (little kids and big - the Werther's chews were very tasty).  Fortuntely there were enough kids to pick up most of the candy, although Cec and I did find a few stray pieces as we left for home.

After the parade the Chamber of Commerce served free hot dogs at the fire station to about 50-75 people, including the Murrahs.