Despite living in an area that widely celebrates Mardi Gras each year, Jillian and I had not gone to any parades together. The weather was a little chilly, but we had nothing else to do so we decided to go to one of the night parades in Fairhope.
I guess age changes your Mardi Gras priorities. I had no desire to get adult beverages and rack up on plastic beads and frizbees, cups and coins made in China. Our one focus was free food; specifically moon pies and oatmeal creme pies. With such a limited goal, I was surprised by how successful we were after only two passes of floats.
As the crowds relocated for a third pass, Jillian and I ran off with our loot with the goal of avoiding traffic. Thankfully, we were achieved that goal and got home at a decent hour.
We thought we were one and done for the season but got a call the next day from our friends Gavin and Jessica. They were in town with their kids and were going to another parade in Daphne and wanted to meet up. It turned out to be an even colder night, but a couple free beers helped.
The Daphne parade exceeded my free stu
ff expectations. It helped that we appeared to be set up right beside someone who knew someone (possibly everyone) on one of the floats. That usually results in a waterfall of goods. This instance was no exception. Jillian and I kept the edibles and gave everything else to the kiddos. A very enjoyable night and two great parades back to back.
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