Parade

Today was the perfect day (translation= no rain) for the Macy's parade in downtown Portland. Last year we watched the parade in the heart of the commercial section of downtown and it was crowded and hard to get a good spot. This year we staked out a spot near the end of the parade route in Old Town and were pleasantly surprised to find that it wasn't crowded at all and that we could watch the parade curbside.

Tyler is already watching the start of the parade, which was
about two blocks away when I took this photo.

Smiling at the giant cupcake float

Tyler liked all the parade vehicles.

There were lots of local middle school and high school
marching bands in the parade. Tyler particularly liked the drums.

The arrival of Santa ended the parade.

Tyler loved riding the light rail train after the parade.