Christmas Parade

West Lafayette, Indiana boasts the longest Christmas Parade in the state. We decided to check it out. It was cold outside, but the sun was out and Teresa was visiting. The parade was in downtown West Lafayette (about 4 miles from our house), so we biked.
They were not kidding about it being the longest parade. It was over 2 1/2 hours. There were more fire trucks than we could count. All of them put on a great show, lights, sirens and horns. The West Lafayette football team won states so they rode on the fire trucks.


After an hour and a half we were all freezing(at least the adults). Luckily there is a lot of room in the bike trailer, we brought every blanket in the house. Everest did not mind especially when his favorite float came by...more exciting than the fire trucks, candy, and Santa.......

THE BOILERMAKER SPECIAL! This train is cool. It travels all over the US. It is a truck converted into a train, so it can go up to 60mph on the highway.
We had a great time, but we were very ready for Santa to make an appearance. He was on the last float. The minute he went by, we jumped on our bikes and headed to the nearby Starbucks for hot chocolate. There was no way we could bike straight home. No one could feel their fingers. After about 30 minutes in the coffee shop, we headed home. We pretended to be the boilermaker special all the way home. Toot toot!