speaking of parades

[Grizz]

Jim T's recent picture in another thread triggered a parade memory I had almost lost track of.

When i was a wee small lad living in, i believe, Boulder City, there was of course a 4th of July parade. Twice i rode in a cart pulled by ostriches. ((!!!)) No controls, the birds just followed someone or something ahead in the line. And i just rode along until Mom lifted me out of the cart at the end. Sure wish i had a photo of that. Oh yeah, i waved to the adoring crowds . . ,
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Screenshot 2022-11-17 07581-ostrich cart.png

it looked something like this, except i think i sat in a cart, not up on a seat. and no flight controls.

At the time Dad was flying out of Las Vegas and we lived on the airfield in Boulder City. I mean ON THE FIELD. I was rescued by one of the other pilots who lived there when i wandered out onto the tarmac. In front of an incoming DC-3. Sheeesh!.. That was one of the nicest houses I can remember. Something like an adobe Spanish Colonial. I can still draw the floorplan. Memories come in floods, don't they?

How about you'all? Any parade memories from your early days?

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[JimT]

That's great!

Not in a parade but when I was 8 I rode goats. Usually for a very short time.

[Bill in Oregon]

There's a song about that: "Goat Riders in the Sky," Vaughn Monroe. Look it up.

[AJMD429]

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My oldest kid got to be in the front float of the daily Disney World parade years ago. We've never liked their corporate philosophy, or even the way they dumbed-down and sanitized legitimate kids' stories for mass production, but got a free trip there as someone's guest, so went for it. Epcott Center was cool but the rest ho-hum.

The "It's a Small World" exhibit could qualify as the equivalent of water-boarding for most red-blooded American males...!

[Blaine]

Between HS, 20 years of Army Band, and then several years of American Legion, I can't begin to count all the parades I've been in.

[Grizz]

Between HS, 20 years of Army Band, and then several years of American Legion, I can't begin to count all the parades I've been in.

that's Funny. how about the ones before kindergarten?

[jeepnik]

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My oldest kid got to be in the front float of the daily Disney World parade years ago. We've never liked their corporate philosophy, or even the way they dumbed-down and sanitized legitimate kids' stories for mass production, but got a free trip there as someone's guest, so went for it. Epcott Center was cool but the rest ho-hum.

The "It's a Small World" exhibit could qualify as the equivalent of water-boarding for most red-blooded American males...!

Literally just got off small world. Nicely done up for Christmas. I’m male, my blood is as red as it gets and I really enjoyed it.

Maybe only males who are insecure in their manhood feel threatened.