Well the cold weather made it down to the Gulf Coast last night - the night we had decided to go to Fairhope for their Mardi Gras parade - outside of Mobile, it's considered one of the best and it did not disappoint.
HOWEVER, the weather sure did.
At parade time, the temperature was 38 and a wind chill of 27. It continued to drop as we were making our way back to the condo and finally settled in at 31 and a wind chill of 22.
But that didn't even come close to upsetting the revelers nor the excitement of the parade. We tried to give away most of the things that we grabbed but it was almost impossible. There had to be 50,000 people there 4-5 deep along the entire route and because it is a small town, the parade route weaves back and forth through the streets so we barely moved and saw the parade 3 times. With appropriate catches each time.
Here are some of the many pictures that I took of this absolutely best parade of all we've seen.
PS - only more parade today at 2PM here in Orange Beach and then no more parades until 2015.
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| Coming up the elevator with the haul |
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| Had to stop here - my favorite |
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| And of course flowers everywhere |
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| And all the trees are lighted |
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| And decorated with Beads that went too high |
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| What would a parade be without the Shiners go-carts |
Looks like a party!!
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