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This is like the 33rd year for the annual Farwest
Blvd neighborhood parade. Each year, the parade participants
have increased. In the beginning, the parade started at
Waterline and then ran down to Doss Elementary school. Well,
the parade still finishes at Doss, but the line goes clear back to
Far Hills Dr. now for the start. I drove the jeep to this event stopping at the folks
place. I picked up my dad and niece along with her yellow
lab "Bella". We meandered to the tail end of line
and waited for the start. In the interim, my wife came by
along with my sister, mom and her SO as well as Vicki and Frank, distant family
members who recently located to Austin. There were a variety of
vehicles there, mostly antiques including T-Birds, Caddy's, MG's,
Model A and Model T's, pickups and then my M38A1. Zillions
of kids on bicycles and in strollers.
At about 9:15am, the parade started and wandered down Farwest
Blvd. The route was no more than a mile or so and when we
got to the end, we turned around and headed back to the start
point where mom had lunch for us including apple fritters (fried
apples and powdered sugar), bacon and chicken salad. Sort of
an odd July 4th meal, but delicious none-the-less.
After a bit, everyone departed and I made the trek back down
the highway to put the old jeep back in the garage. Ran into
a slight bit of rain, no more than a quarter-mile or so of it, but
running 45 mph and everyone else at 65 does make for an
interesting time! |
