SANTA ROSA PARADE OF ROSES

May 10th I walked downtown to view the parade of roses and I saw some nice looking rose floats which reminded me of the Pasadena parade of roses. The parade participants were themed in various decades, and there were many people lining the sidewalks. Some people even came from San Francisco. There was a group of people throwing pizza pies as they strolled from Mary's Pizza shack. Others were clowns, and of course shriners dressed like Arabian knights. Several horse groups were groomed with rose flowers. The horses pranced and danced. I walked about 8 miles down to the southern part of town. There were some acrobats and bikers with dogs in carts lined with various roses. All in all it was a fun and sunny day.