What a fun little event. The Wimberley Jubilee Parade
exceeded even the organizers expectations in that there were 10 historic
military vehicles of which 8 were from the Lonestar MVPA. This event
was a combination of the scheduled Jubilee with the rained-out 04-Jul
Parade earlier in the summer. Tim W, Jeff McD and John K each brought their WWII Willy's
MBs.
Glen V had his CJ2A and a pair of M38A1's were brought by Lewis S and
myself. Danny rounded out the 1/4 vehicles with his M151A2/M416
combination and John S brought out his M35A2. In addition to these
Lonestar vehicles, "Cave Dave" led our group with his 1945 HD
Trike (SERVI-Car/flathead) followed by Chris D and his '42 Dodge WC-52
Weapons Carrier.
The group met at the Wimberley VFW post around 8:00am. A few
stragglers arrived between 8:30 and 8:45 which presented no problems other
than a bit of ribbing from the club president! We loaded up a
sizeable group of WWI/Korea/Vietnam veterans in the vehicles and 'headed
to town' in fine convoy fashion - tight group with headlights on.
Upon arrival in town, we made our way to the staging area where we
waited until the start of the parade. At 10:00am, the parade began
and we were off through the beautiful little town of Wimberley. A
nice contingent of local residents lined the short 2 mile parade route but
there was no lack of spirit on their behalf. Many of the drivers
with their veterans on-board made comments of hearing countless
"thanks" from the spectators. To top it off, our club won
"Most Patriotic" of the parade!
After the parade ended, the group made their way back to the VFW post
to unload the distinguished veterans. The VFW was gracious enough to
'open the bar' to our group and provided cold beverages of our
choosing. After some cooling off in the terrific air-conditioned VFW
hall, the group loaded the vehicles and departed for home. Several
members had then stopped at the local Dairy Queen in Dripping Springs for
a quick bite of lunch before heading home.
A terrific little town (Wimberley). A terrific host (VFW).
A great showing of support (spectators) and one heck of a good time was
had by all. |