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South Pasadena float, their float was "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade" |
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this was a van all decorated inside and out |
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it is called a Doh Dah parade the night before |
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this was my favorite float |
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another part of my favorite float |
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all done with flowers and colored rice & beans |
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check out the windows on the car...the car was done with colored rice |
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amazing the amount of flowers |
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they had an Oregon "Ducks" float and a Wisconsin "Badger" float, they were the teams that were playing at the Rose Bowl that afternoon...my little sister loves the Ducks |
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on the way home from the Rose Parade, it was so so beautiful |
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We left home around 8ish Sunday morning, and went to Tip & Patti's to pick them up...we cruised down Colorado to see the sights, people camped out, with their beds, BBQ's and TV's and radios, for the next day. Then we went and saw some of the floats, which was so neat...after dinner we went and dropped Tip & Patti off and went to our motel, which was 45 minutes from the parade, so Monday morning we got up at 5 am and headed back to Pasadena, where we met Tip & Patti again and walked the street where all the floats are stationed before they turn onto Colorado Blvd. It was fun, we got to talk to some of the people who rode the floats, and we were able to get pretty close to them...we didn't go down Colorado Blvd. too many people, so this next Rose Parade, we are planning ahead, and going the day before, earlier in the day, to see the floats and go the next day again...it was so much fun! Then on the way home we saw the most beautiful sunset around Santa Barbara, it was so awesome!