Wednesday, October 11

It was a drizzly evening, I was dealing with a cold and didn’t want to spend the evening outside – so we arrived at the staging area early where we could watch from our car.

We walked a few blocks – to Memorial Drive – so we could watch our grandson in the Manheim Central Marching Band.

The police and fire trucks were first.

Loved this old truck

Then it was time for the Marching Barons

It is difficult to find someone when they are all dressed alike. 🙂

I knew that Ian was toward the back of the band because he plays a drum. You can see him in this picture under the green sign.

We stayed to watch the horses.

The Grand Marshal Coach carried our friends Luke and Eileen.

This coach carried the queen and her court.

After the horses went by, we walked back toward our car – beside the parade floats and trucks that were waiting to move – and met several people we knew. Jared Harnly (married to our niece Chelsey) was with the Teen Central float.

The Achenbach long john representative. (You have to live in this area to know what this means. 🙂

This is an Achenbach long john – which was handed to us as we walked by.

Our friend Brent driving a McCracken truck.

Our “wanna be” grandson, Donovan. 🙂 He’s dating our granddaughter Diana. He also drives for McCracken’s Feed Mill.

By this point we were back at the staging area – so most of these pictures were taken from inside our car.

Dave’s Lawn & Garden have a little truck that got a lot of attention.

This is what Cerwin was waiting for: Gene Gehman’s garden tractor train. He had stopped in at G & G Feed in the morning and helped Gene attach the train to the tractor.

I understand that Greg Gehman put this cute train together.

We left before the parade ended – but that was fun.