Event: Driftwood Heritage Days Parade
Date: 25-Sep-04
Location: Driftwood, Texas
Description: Again, one of the shortest if not the shortest parades we attend annually.

Danny trailered his M151A2/M416 combo to the Albertsons parking lot at the "Y" in Oak Hill and arrived about 7:20am.  Scott S had previously secured permission for us to park there with trailers etc.  Scott S drove his '53 M38A1 and met Danny about 7:15am.  After waiting until the predetermined 7:45am cut-off and nobody else showing, Danny and Scott headed out Hwy 71 to Camp Ben McCullough road.  Driving out the 17 or so miles was very pleasant, especially when passing the Salt Lick BBQ in Driftwood.  What an aroma that place puts off!

They arrived at the intersection of 1826 and Hwy 150 in Driftwood and waited for the others to show up.  John K arrived with his daughter Kaley and they were trailering his MB.  A few minutes later, Ronnie W and his wife Beth drove in from their place in the recently finished GPW.

After a bit of discussion, we were asked to be at the front of the parade just behind the color guard.  We staged behind them and waited a bit more.  Promptly at 9:30, the parade began and we were off.  Plenty of candy was tossed by other participants and the crowd seems lighter than last year.

At the conclusion of the parade, we turned off into the church parking lot where we staged for a static display.  We then all watched the balance of the parade and then retreated to the food and booths for some R&R after such an event!

Long about 11:00am, we all packed up and headed our separate ways.  As always, this is a small event yet allows most of us a great opportunity to crank out 30 or so miles on the old mil-vehs.

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Danny's M151A2 and M416 Scott's M38A1 Ronnie and Beth's GPW John's MB Looking at the front of the parade past Danny
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Looking back at Beth and Ronnie Nice old Jeepster
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Another Jeepster The static display afterwards
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Hays County Sheriff car (actually from Ohio) Future member Kaley

 

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