Phinally!!!

Wow. It took 25 years but I finally got to see my first parade. It was stressful and interesting at the same time! Oh yeah, Pam and Natalie went as well! :) Here are some of the pictures and video!

We waited in line for nearly 45 minutes just to buy tickets at Woodcrest Station into the city. Words cannot describe how lucky we were getting a parking spot. The parking lot was completely packed with people driving around looking for spots. Lucky for us, someone was pulling out when we got there. At one point someone was arrested for trying to hold a parking spot by standing in it. It got reallly ugly!

Here is a picture of the line we had to wait in.



This is the huge line that was behind us.



Packed in the train like sardines.





We arrived at the parade about ninety minutes before the parade started and we decided to setup shop at Broad and Locust Street.



The crowd was racous and even cheered for trucks driving down the parade route for the sole purpose of cheap advertising.