Fourth of July Parade

Over the weekend, we got settled in and cleaned the RV... inside anyway. The rain is taking care of the outside!! On Saturday we attended the 150th Fourth of July parade in INDEPENDENCE, IOWA!

It was perfect weather and we had a great time. Candy was tossed from the parade participants ...but we restrained ourselves, and only put out our hands (and got) the McDonald cookies and the backscratcher!! There was even one trailer complete with barbq set up, serving hotdogs as they went along...(pic did not turn out)

Here in the heart of the country, besides the familiar entries of local high school band, boy scouts, clowns, fire trucks and veterans, the parade also consisted of entries from both WalMart

and McDonalds,

Heavy Equipment,


Big Trucks (the first one actually drove crooked like this...who knows why?)


Green John Deere Tractors (this one hauling chickens),

Pink John Deere Tractor,

Red Tractors,

Old people,

Young people,

Political statements,

Horses,

and at the very end,
the pooper scooper!!

The parade lasted about an hour and a half and we thoroughly enjoyed it. A fun parade!