Fourth of July Festivities

The fourth of July in Lubbock brings the annual street fair. Chris and I somehow managed to get up early enough to make it to the morning parade kicking off the festivities, as did the rest of Lubbock. The street was packed.

Of course we saw lots of of horses and convertibles, but in addition to those parade staples there were some pretty amusing entrants. Take for example the trekies with their wishes for long lives and prosperity (it sounds more patriotic when you say it like that)...

I always thought those Scions looked like a refrigerator, but I think a toaster is equally plausible.

The young girls dressed like bratz dolls, singing some hanna montana song as they posed and swung their hips, were creepy. The catholic priest, who was stiffly waving his flag as he tried to ignore the hip-hop station's flagship vehicle blaring loud rap music and carrying a large group of dancing thugs behind him, was amusing. One "colorful" church float touted the slogan, "times are changing." Once I saw their Lubbock-history timeline, with the time period from 1990 to present covered by a giant rainbow flag, the slogan made more sense. The best entrant, however, was the Lubbock Republicans, whose float was a giant oil barrel painted with the campaign slogan "Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less." The oil barrel, ironically, was pulled by a gas guzzling Hummer.

After watching these and other equally amusing entrants ride by for an hour, we were ready for breakfast. Tripas anyone???