I made the local news

My neighborhood had it's annual 4th Of July parade today. Last year was our first year here and we hadn't been here long so I felt comfortable only being a spectator. But this year, I joined in. I decorated my Harley and my son rode with me. His job was throwing the candy and waving. The local TV station did a little story on the parade which aired during both the 6:00pm and 10:00pm newscasts - and the first bit of video was us on the bike. After the parade, nearly the entire neighborhood gathered for hamburgers, hot dogs, lemonade, and fellowship. There were also prizes given at the gathering and we won 2nd place in the "Motorcycle & Car" category (which, until the award ceremony was the "Car & Truck" category). Honestly, I think it was the novelty of the motorcycle itself more than my decorating skills. Below is a screen capture I took from the 10:00pm news as the story re-ran (sorry for the poor image quality). My wife took pictures as the parade was going by and I'll try to get a few of them up soon.



UPDATE (6/29/05): Here's one of the better pictures that was taken of us. This was as we were lined up waiting for the parade to get going. Notice the grin on my son's face - he had a blast.