Event: Taylor Cotton Picken Festival Parade
Date: 27-Apr-02
Location: Taylor, Texas
Description: This was a fun little event consisting of a six or seven block parade, with food and craft vendor booths also set-up for the festival.

Danny and Scott trailered their vehicles (M151A2/M416 for Danny and M38A1 for Scott) to Taylor under somewhat  ominous skies.  Jeff towed his MB and John S drove his M35A2 as well.  We all found the parking lot for staging and signed in.  The weather was very humid but the clouds looked like they were going to break to some extent.

John made his arrival in grand style.  While backing his M35A2 in the parking lot, Scott was headed over to assist him.  However, before he could get there, John backed into a light pole in the parking lot.  The tall light began to sway but never fell.  There were a few car owners who were 'not pleased' but it was pretty funny for us.  The impact did put a nice dent in the pole about six feet up and unfortunately wedged his tailgate shut.  No problem there as it should bend back easily.  

The parade started promptly at the assigned hour and a few of us carried 'distinguished guests'.  The parade wandered through the craft and food areas, down Main Street and concluded by the antique tractor displays.  From there, we headed back to the staging parking lot and parked the vehicles.  Next was the search for food which was successful.

About noonish, the skies began to look threatening so we decided it was time to load up and head home.  While loading, the rain began but as quick as it started, it was over and only will force us to wash the jeeps due to the little 'spots' they now have!

But then again, next weekend is Georgetown and it ALWAYS rains - so why bother???

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02taylo1.JPG (24423 bytes) Here's the lineup of parade vehicles including Dannys M151/M416, Scotts M38A1, Jeff's MB and John's M35A2
02taylo2.JPG (20389 bytes) The 'pole' that got in John's way.  Note the TWO nice marks on it.  We thought the luxury car behind it was toast as the pole began to wobble...
02taylo3.JPG (17876 bytes) A slight bit of damage to the trucks tailgate...
02taylo4.JPG (22424 bytes) A beautiful 1954 Chevrolet pickup at the car show...

 

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