St. Patrick's Day Parade!

I am loving my new sweet home in Roanoke, Virginia! There are parties and parades all the time, including the wonderful St. Patrick's Day parade! Click the image to see and hear some of it in action on Youtube! Meanwhile, the parade was full of fun things, like stilt walkers.Baton twirlers...A fire truck (of course!).Vikings (as you do?).Pirates!And a literal "pot of gold" hosted by a local plumber. Hilarious! There were even little go carts made out of golden toilets zooming around it!Of course, my favorite bit was the bagpipes! And there were lots of them - several different troupes! Apparently the Roanoke parade is a destination for bagpipe groups - YAY!!!

Afterwards, Zoelle, James, and I stopped at the Texas Tavern hot dog stand (photo from their website), which is almost 100 years old now!It was established in 1930 and feels like stepping through a time warp inside. And the hot dogs? Sooooo good!Many thanks to the men who work there for topping off a fantastic day!