American Royal Parade 1995

One weekend in the fall of 1995 we had a guest for the weekend. Our grandson, #12, came to stay while his parents were on a trip to California. Saturday morning we had an urgent call from the Welsh Society that the child who was to represent the Welsh Society in the American Royal Parade could not be in it. Taylor said he would not mind. So we went to the parade. When we got there, the Sister Cities float was a large flat bed truck with straw bales of hay. Three Chinese children were there and and an assortment of others. Taylor was to be on it but he decided he did not want to unless I went along. They had a conference and decided they needed an adult on the float also so I climbed on and sat on a hay bale. Taylor joined me. We were just in front of three Chinese children. We watched the parade form and saw llamas walking around. I'm leery of llamas since one bit me in Chile. The Sister City had a large balloon globe of the world on their float. The parade started and I was surprised at how many people take their dogs to parades. They would tell us when to smile and wave as cameras would be on us. There was a Swiss flag that kept blowing in our faces. Taylor was very good and waved a lot. At the end of the parade they had a bus to take us back to the start. The group with the balloon globe of the world had trouble getting it small enough to get on the bus. Taylor did a good job. I wonder if he remembers his trip in the parade now that he is a sophomore at KU.