kurt said:http://www.sowal.com/photos-070405.html
She may be the "Old Timer" - but the hair looks blonde to me.
Happy Fourth and thanks, Kurt, for all the great photos! You have quite an eye for capturing the life of Grayton. The parade was fun (even though decorating the buggy at 6:30 AM was not much fun). I've never seen so many spectators. We're back in Tampa now, but already looking forward to next year's parade. We'll be celebrating the 50th anniversary of having built our house at Grayton next summer. :clap_1:
Just a short stroll down memory lane....I remember the first couple years of the "parade" and there were only about 5 or 6 trucks and almost no spectators. In fact, we had to blow the horns to wake up the neighbors. They came to their porches, coffee in hand, with a dazed look of "what the heck are these tacky people doing?!!" They usually smiled and the parade continued.
We did go to Seaside for many years with the crepe paper streaming, balloons flying all the way down 30-A, but we finally got the message that the Graytonians were not really welcome at the "themed" Seaside parade so now the Grayton parade stays at Grayton.
As a matter of fact we used to have a "Rags to Riches" Hobie sailboat race every 4th of July. One year it would race from Seagrove to Grayton and the next year we'd race from Grayton to Seagrove. You can guess which community was "rags". That was a beautiful site, all the Hobie sails lined up with the emerald blues and snow white background. Of course there was room on the beach for all the Hobies to land, that wouldn't be true today.
Great times for all!!!
