We went to the parade in Fairfax City today. It was sweltering in the sun, but there was a nice breeze in the shade. Andy seemed intrigued and a little scared by all the commotion. In particular, the noise from the motorcycles concerned him. Generally, he seemed really interested in checking everything out, particularly the other kids. It was an interesting event. Lots of high school bands, some churches, lots of firetrucks and police honor guards. My favorite was the ladies from the Fairfax County Public Library wearing their "Read" shirts and pushing decorated library carts as they did little formations. It was campy and they really seemed to get into the spirit. The strangest was the van from the Alzheirmer's nursing home. It was one of those mini-buses with the windows up and people in wheelchairs behind the tinted windows so you couldn't really see if they were waving or not. I totally get and support the spirit of it, but it was odd to see nonetheless.
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