Lakefair Grand Parade

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Lakefair is a huge part of my community. I have grown up watching the parade and participating in it over the years. It was great to be able to be in it again with my family. Our newly restored Camaro made it fun for my boys to participate. Being in a parade is very time consuming. You have to wait around for hours before you ever get on the parade path! It was a beautiful day and we were so fortunate to have a nice shady spot to wait it out in! Having been in the Moses Lake parade for the past couple of years I knew what to expect. We brought chairs and a picnic dinner to tide us over. We also had time to walk around and meet many other parade participants too.

Our family came to watch us and cheer us on. I realized how great it is that being in the pageant allows for events that bring my family together but the sad part is usually I don't get to hang out with them. Maybe after I win (wink wink) I can get one of my sisters to run for the title!!

I was very impressed with the volunteers and the quality of the parade. Everyone was friendly and helpful. There were so many people there, it was packed. Chairs are set out days in advance just to secure a spot! They had several PA announcers along the route announcing to the crowd each of the parade participants. TCTV was there with their film crew filming it live! It was fun to get emails from friends saying they saw us on TV! We won first place in our division which was non-motorized other! They presented us with a trophy at the start of the parade. We were surprised, I assumed it was for our awesome car but since it was non-motorized it must have been for Mrs. Pacific Northwest!! My husband was teasing me and said now he has a trophy wife!!!