On Labor Day, our car club traveled to Nicolaus, California, population 750, to participate in their annual parade and festival. We thought our leader was lost on the way but later found out one of the parade people was leading us. Since you could not exit from Hwy 99 into town because the road was closed due to the parade, we took the back roads which slowly deteriorated from a 2 lane paved road to a 1 lane paved farm road (yes, there were farm trucks traveling in the opposite direction) to a gravel road. A great place to be driving classic cars! Eventually we got back to the paved road that lead into town. The parade started at 10:00 am and lasted probably until about 11:30 am. It was the slowest parade I have ever driven in. We had been forewarned about the crowd, but still couldn't believe it. As we approached the reviewing stand there were more and more people lined up on both sides of the parade. There were literally hundreds of people in this small farm town. We named it the biggest little parade in Sutter County. Following are some of the cars carrying the royalty:
Below is my trusty steed.
After the parade, our cars were on display in the pear orchard by the festival grounds while members watched the rest of the parade, looked at the crafts on sale, and ate lots of good food. We forgot to check out the giant vegetable contest, however. Maybe next year.
Below is my trusty steed.
After the parade, our cars were on display in the pear orchard by the festival grounds while members watched the rest of the parade, looked at the crafts on sale, and ate lots of good food. We forgot to check out the giant vegetable contest, however. Maybe next year.
One of the festival favorite desserts, ice cream brownie sundae, with my white horse and Mustang in the background and Joan standing by the car.
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