Saturday, June 23, 2012

West Valley Parade

Today Ben, et familia and a flotilla of volunteers showed up for a parade in West Valley. Of course this is the home turf of Mike Winder, so we were hopeful of a good showing and got much more than that.

Organizing for the parade, and in the southeast corner of the ShopKo parking lot, was a proud tide of orange. To their credit, both Mark Crockett and Mike Winder set sail in our direction and asked to shake hands with Cap'n Ben.

OK, I'll sink the nautical metaphor, but it was a classy act by the two - soon to be one - Republican contestants for the County Mayor's office.

Mike prefaced his visit with Ben by calling out, "Who's the blogger?" I've recently taken a few shots at "hiz honor," so for me it was an awkward moment, made more awkward when a pinwheel of volunteers eagerly pointed in my direction. Ashley Sumner announced, "You've been carded!"

Oh well.

I assumed my accustomed role as photographer of the event. However, my white balance was set incorrectly, so my position may now be in jeopardy. What follows is a collection of pictures from today's festivities. It took a lot of work to resurrect anything close to accurate color, so most of the pictures I've simply left in black and white.

Enjoy!


Clan McAdams ready to lead off!



The official MayorMobile
(Notice That The Plate Reads "DemJeep")



Ashley Sumner, Our New Publicity Director
(Please note the orange sunglasses and 
orange nail polish. She's officially drunk the Kool-Aid.)



We're Underway. Ben, Julie and Isaac Are On The Left.



The Official Scooter Phalanx 



Evidently The Poodle Got Into That Same Batch of Kool-Aid



Ben's 37,264th Hand Shake (And He's Still Smiling!)



Robert, The McAdams' Family Fiscal Conservative. 
We Tossed Out Taffy in Waxed Paper Wrappers Along
The Route. Whenever One Wasn't Retrieved By a Potential Voter,
Robert Picked it Up, Put It In His Hat, And Found Another Voter.)



Here We All Are at The End of The Parade. 
A Great Time Had By All!

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