Local July 4th Parade

There is no end to the entertainment available to us here at the lake. A short distance from us is the Musky Tale bar, a fun watering hole that we visit from time to time. The owners are friendly and have freely made their boat ramp available to us. They have live bait available for fishing, and on Sundays, they have a drawing for a cash prize that is always a good time. We have enjoyed stopping by there, meeting new people, and having a laugh or two.

The Musky Tale operates a set of fishing cabins and an RV park. Many of the folks who inhabit the RV park are retired and spend their entire summer here. Earlier this week, a number of them decided that the Musky Tale should host a parade in honor of Independence Day. So, they worked on their golf carts, came up with costumes, and sweet-talked the bar owner into leading the parade with his ATV and work trailer (in order to give the "Musky Queen" a proper place in the parade).

The parade was this afternoon at 2PM, so Kathie, Mom, and I had to go over to join the other spectators, most of whom were other campers and guests of the bar. It was one of the shortest, sweetest, most fun parades we have ever seen.

Here is the Queen in the lead parade unit, which was decorated with a turkey decoy and some kind of other stuffed wild animal.

Music was provided by the one-person drum major and band (she carried a boom box that played appropriate Independence Day marches).

I don't know where these folks found all the hats and decorations. Some of the carts were handing out cups of beer. Others tossed candy to the "crowd."