Most of the floats weren't really floats, but here's one that came close....a pontoon boat with lots of decorations and a sign saying "Da Hood."
This one is a living room set up on a flat bed complete with gas-powered Margarita blender.
Close-up of the Margarita blender with its gas engine. This would have been great at the Chimney Rock Hillclimbs that were the big event of our year a few decades ago.
How many people have one of these hanging around waiting for a parade?
This gives a good view of the size of the parade and crowd. There were a surprising number of people there.
The parade was made up of all sorts of vehicles.....antiques in all conditions, fire department trucks from the next little town up the coast, ATVs, dirt bikes, Jeeps, pick-ups, whatever people had on hand to decorate (or not) and drive down the street. Most of them held people who were throwing candy at the crowd so little kids were scampering all over gathering it in bags. Some of them had huge bags full.....sort of like Halloween.
We intended to eat lunch at the fire department but it was so crowded and the line was moving so slowly (and in the sun) we decided to eat back at the campground. It was certainly a lot more comfortable.
Late afternoon we went back to hear the band that turned out not to be the band we wanted to hear. Hank, our neighbor I mentioned a day or two ago, is the singer for the advertised band but the flyer for the events was wrong. He and his band performed last night so we didn't get to hear them. Today's band was his son's new band performing for the first time and Hank was there to get things set up for them. They weren't doing as much Classic Rock as other things so we talked to Hank for a while and headed back to the campground.
Early audience for the live music at the marina in DeTour Village.
Hank gave us some interesting information on the village. He said there are a lot of very wealthy people here who come for the summers. We sort of figured as much when we checked the real estate listings for the area and found a lot of places over a million dollars. It's a laid back place where no one bothers anyone, including the police not bothering people riding dirt bikes and ATVs down the streets. Hank told us a funny tale of a guy who had three DUI's in the Soo and lost his license permanently. He has a motorcycle registered in his mother's name and rides it all over DeTour Village because the cops never hassle him.
This little inlet is part of the campground. It's the way to get from the boat ramp to the lake. After dinner Jim decided to try fishing in the inlet one more time. He got his lure stuck and stepped on rocks and logs to get to it. The rocks were solid, the logs weren't, so he went in right over his head. There was no one watching so he was able to get out without getting caught. I didn't even know he was soaked until he started peeling off his clothes and trying to dry everything in his wallet. He was wearing his iPod but it seems to have taken its dunking well. So far. At least he got his lure back.
Tomorrow we're moving 60 miles north to the Soo for five days which will include the reunion. We've got to do laundry and groceries tomorrow (seeing as how there's no laundromat within 60 miles of DeTour) so the day will be busy but probably not interesting enough to write about.
No comments:
Post a Comment