Pretty day and off to the McGregor Café (2.6 miles) on our bikes to meet John and Beth for breakfast. This is a favorite for all and we sat outside and enjoyed delicious breakfasts (all different)! Our bikes were locked up and we rode with John and Beth to their home (had a load of laundry in Mark's back pack which they suggested we "come on over after we eat, do some laundry and visit"!) As always, such a good time hanging out in their lovely home and got a load of laundry washed, dried and folded. John gave Mark a tour of their condo complex, pool, clubhouse, etc
John and Beth
They took us back to the Café, we said our good byes and rode back to Catrina. Around 2ish, the wind picked up and radar did not look good. We had planned to go to 4:00 Mass (ride our bikes), but thinking we'll wait till tomorrow. Tonight is the big Edison Parade of Lights. We've heard so much about this thru the years, but never been. We didn't want to give up our parking spot here at the marina/restaurant, so that's mainly why we were doing the bike thing today AND getting some exercise.
Pretty pink flowers near the big gnarled Banyan tree
Luke and Maeve are with Mommy at their other grandparents and here are some new pics...
Mark and I laughed at this - sooo not our happy Maeve....must be the hat? Ha!
Loves standing and enjoying the sunshine on the pretty porch
Luke is off and running before rocket is launched by Pa and friends
Sorry to hear Connor is not feeling well and running a temp. Liam won his hockey game this afternoon 9-4 and scored 2 goals!!!
Had some rain around 5:30, but around 6:30, we put on the rain gear grabbed the umbrella and walked downtown for the parade.
. Although there was some drizzle off and on, there were huge crowds (expecting 200,000). We were glad we were on foot and didn't have to bother with parking and all the traffic. This was the 79th annual parade and a police officer told us he cannot remember a single year where they had rain!!! We got some iced coffees from The Rebel and tried to figure out where we wanted to watch the parade.
You could get tickets ahead of time online for $10 apiece (all going to the charity of your choice from several to choose from). And that guaranteed you a chair. We were behind this large area and just before the parade started, a nice lady came up to us and said they had 2 extra seats that they weren't using and would we like to sit with them? YES.....
So, we sat next to Steve and Marilyn from Minnesota and thoroughly enjoyed all the festivities, all the decorated floats, many high school bands and on and on it went, followed by a very good fireworks display!
Back to Catrina - big day and so glad we can say we saw the parade!
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