It all started @ 4:45 a.m. on New Year's Day...loading the bus in LaQuinta for the two hour trip to Pasadena.
The perfect way to go to the Rose Bowl Parade...a luxury bus ride with a continental breakfast for each....(3 bus loads of "old farts")
...dropped us off 3 blocks from our grandstand...just a short walk.
Here's Richard (Allan's brother) and Allan chuggin' along.
...and reserved grandstand seats for the parade.
Yep...that's us..a little chilly...looks like we're going skiing, huh?...
it is Southern California, you know.
Here's our grandstand...yeah, no trees in front....perfect view for the parade.
And the first float arrives...the theme...
"Oh the Places You'll Go!"
And the floats were magnificent...hard to imagine they are all made with flowers.
If you didn't get to see the parade (like Bonne)...then here is a re-cap...
Isn't this one cute?
NOTE: I took even more pictures of floats, but didn't want to bore you.
And then we were treated to the bands...wow...they were big!
Here is one of our favorites...Morgantown, W.Va. (where West Virginia University is located...my alma mater).
We just couldn't figure out why so many people in our grandstand had on W.Va. sweatshirts...and then came the band...the grandstand went crazy!
So there you have it...another thing checked off our bucket list!
And, Allan even said it was "worth the trip!"
(That is a smile on his face, you know.)
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