This morning I went down and saw the annual Celebrate Birmingham parade. This is an annual affair with a small-town feel, where two marching bands, the shriners, local politicians, and lots of interesting cars make a slow circuit around downtown Birmingham before retiring to the central park for a day of kiddie fun. Here is a selection of the more interesting vehicles from the parade.
A classic Ford
The Oakland Country DARE Truck (our tax dollars at work...)
Oakland County dive rescue
A cool antique fire engine
A Chrysler wagon
Eastern Bloc army truck?
Ford convertible
Another classif Ford
The Celtic Pipes and Drums
The Shriner's wheelie wagon, based on an old Ford truck I think
Shriners on little scooters
Now come the old-west Shriners
Not very P.C. but he was funny.
Another old car converted for clown duty
This tree service truck looks like a recycled old ladder fire truck.
The Falun Gong were out in force. No one felt threatened. The state was not destabilized.
Interesting taste in women.
Cool spring-stilt walkers
The tail end of the parade was a huge mass of bassett hounds.
