Event: Northwest Hills Parade
Date: 4th July 2007
Location: Austin, Texas
Description:

Description: This little neighborhood parade has been in existence since 1977 or so and is a lot of fun.  The past few years Scott has attended this instead of the Lakeway July 4th parade in Lakeway, Texas with the rest of the club.

As Austin and surrounding areas have been in rain for the past 14 days or so, and the weather radar showed a huge yellow/red/green mess just to the South, Scott figured this would be another wet parade.  Wet parades mean his jeep takes about 5 or 6 days to dry out when the canvas gets a good soaking.  So with that, he took his rain gear (jacket and pants) and had the top up on the jeep and headed North to Farwest Blvd.  He met his parental units and hung around there for a bit, then wandered to the staging area at Waterline and Far West Blvd.  There weren't many vehicles as the threat of rain was still around, but about 8:45am, a ton of people and vehicles showed up.

With the parade starting at about 9:15, Scott, his Dad and Leah followed the procession down Far West Blvd to Doss Elementary school where the parade terminated.  Along the way, Scott's dad saw a lot of his friends and they always get a kick out of seeing the jeep in the parade.  Both sides of the street were lined with cheering, flag waving residents.  John K also made it in his '45 MB and hauled his martial arts friends.

The parade took about 30 minutes to complete and Scott headed back to his Mom and Dads place for a great brunch.  A few brief showers kept popping up while they ate, but the jeep was in the garage and stayed dry.  When it looked like a great break in the clouds, Scott made a dash South to home with no rain along the way.

Again, another great little event for Scott and the jeep!

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Leading off was a big red fire truck Scott's ride... 1961 Caddy At the start Scott's Dad and Leah
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Along the route Crossing Mesa John's MB
         

 

 

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