Last hundred shots of my photos of the Watkinsville Christmas Parade 2011

The Watkinsville Christmas parade is always an entertaining experience for all those involved. I had the pleasure once again to ride my semi-recumbent bicycle with my neighbors the Marbuts who own Sunshine Cycles in Athens and Watkinsville. This is my third year with them in the parade.

Their son Seth and my son Lowell are good friends and almost the same age. They play basketball together when they are not tearing down goals or otherwise doing things that pre-teen boys do to get in trouble. Honestly they are both great kids and very well behaved and conscientuous.

My buddy Chris Bartenfeld from Bartenfeld Electricians in Athens came over and rode as well. We were coming from a Premier League pre-season basketball game and were quite lucky to make the parade with some 10,000 people and all their cars along the parade route.

I was very proud to set my son out with his newly refurbished Raleigh bike (thanks Howie) sans helmet (yes I know) at Lawanna and Wilson and told him to find the Sunshine entry while I drove my big red truck to the house and parked it to get on my bike. Lowell followed some cyclists to the left and peddled to the end of the route but eventually found me and we rode to station #24 along the long procession.

Many thanks to all those involved who volunteer their time and efforts in making what has become an annual event we can all be quite proud of. I am certain many parents share my concern about kids running out onto Main Street with seemingly blind regard to traffic (be it horse drawn, human powered, pick up truck or tractor) but so far the toll has been naught when it comes to the slow motion movement along the Barnett Shoals and Main Street thoroughfares.

































































































Location: Watkinsville, GA 30677, USA

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