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Well for Memorial Day my wife and I had a plan. I would take our son to the parade in Hartford, WI with Poof and she and our daughter would ride their bikes to the local parade here just to watch. As I was getting into the line up for the Hartford parade I got a text from my wife, she is running a fever and can't take Kitty to the parade at home. Now the mileage numbers start running through my head. I'm nearly 40 miles from home, this parade is suppose to start at 10:30 and the line up for the only later parade I'm aware of is at 1:00. Did I mention that parade is about 60 miles from my current location, and it's 85* out already? At one time I thought doing 2 parades would have been kind of cool, but after the drive to the first one and the heat in the cab I gave that idea up. But when I talked to my wife and she told me just how heart broken Kitty was that she wouldn't get to see a parade, what father can allow their daughter to deal with that? I knew what I had to do. When the Hartford parade was over I had to get to the Down Town Milwaukee parade. I finished the first parade and went straight home and picked up Kitty.
Now for those who have a deuce I don't have to tell you how hot the cab can get, especially on an 85* day. Well with 2 kids in the cab with you they feel even hotter. The nice thing with the Milwaukee parade is that it's by the lake front. About 3 miles out it felt like some one turned on an AC unit, there was such a noticable difference in temp it felt great. The good news is that we made the line up with no problem, about 5 minutes to spare. As anyone who has done a parade knows, line up may start at 1:00 and parade starts at 2:00, but that doesn't mean anything.
The important thing is that my 2 youngest got to enjoy parades on Memorial Day. For both of them it was their first experiance being in a parade, and what a treat that was for me. Forrest has found his parade wave and can wave with the best of them. Kitty has some learning to do, but I have faith in her. I hope after a few days I will have recovered enough to be able to look at the deuce again. I have no idea how hot it was in there or just how many bottles of water I drank, but my leggs are jello, my fingers and tingling, my head is pounding and my left arm has 3rd degree burns. Doing 2 parades in one day may not have been my brightest idea ever.
Now for those who have a deuce I don't have to tell you how hot the cab can get, especially on an 85* day. Well with 2 kids in the cab with you they feel even hotter. The nice thing with the Milwaukee parade is that it's by the lake front. About 3 miles out it felt like some one turned on an AC unit, there was such a noticable difference in temp it felt great. The good news is that we made the line up with no problem, about 5 minutes to spare. As anyone who has done a parade knows, line up may start at 1:00 and parade starts at 2:00, but that doesn't mean anything.
The important thing is that my 2 youngest got to enjoy parades on Memorial Day. For both of them it was their first experiance being in a parade, and what a treat that was for me. Forrest has found his parade wave and can wave with the best of them. Kitty has some learning to do, but I have faith in her. I hope after a few days I will have recovered enough to be able to look at the deuce again. I have no idea how hot it was in there or just how many bottles of water I drank, but my leggs are jello, my fingers and tingling, my head is pounding and my left arm has 3rd degree burns. Doing 2 parades in one day may not have been my brightest idea ever.
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