Memorial Day 2007

Yesterday, we went to Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, for the annual Memorial Day parade. We always wait for it at the Main Street Inn, home to some of the best-you-ever-had Bloody Marys for $3. They'd cost about $9 in Lake Geneva. Ray, the bartender is probably one of the best in the business and mixes them all from scratch, something that takes at least twelve steps including mixing. We must have seen him make at least 75 of them in the forty minutes we were there.

We meet and talk with a whole bunch of friends every year. Talked with Rich who owns Shadow Ranch where the huge Country Thunder Festival is held every summer. He also owns a huge hosta nursery in town. Also talked with the Coz Man, Cruz, and Linn.

Of course, my favorite part of any parade are the marching bands. We had four of them. Three were elementary schools (one had two groups), and the excellent Wilmot High School marching band who had just performed the day before at the Indy 500 and made it back for the parade.

One politician was tooling up and down in one of those weird-looking Segways. He was hilarious, and one time was in reverse and "conducting" one of the marching bands. Too bad he's in Wisconsin. I'd probably vote for him.

Of course, there were lots of cheers as the American Legion color guard marched by.

The Route 66 News Blog ran a lengthy list of all the service people who had been killed in Iraq who lived in Route 66 towns. It was very sad to see and very long.

Mighty Proud of Our Valiant People in the Service. --RoadDog