Best Story From The Box Elder County Fair Parade...Part 2

 

Day 2 of what I considered the best thing we saw at this year's Box Elder County Fair Parade. 

I call it, "The Face Fish Fake-Out."

The float was from Miller Gas Company. Apparently, they've been hooking people up since 1928...quite a legacy. I wasn't sure what their "hook" was until after the float passed. It was then I spotted a little girl throwing a fish to the crowd. Then, the fisherman would quickly reel it in so no one could take it.

It was literally, the fish that got away from everyone.

I don't know if I've ever seen a parade where more candy was thrown. There was so much candy, even though kids lined the street, there was still candy on the road as float after float passed adding even more candy with each vehicle. We also saw each kid with shopping bags full of the colored sugar treats. Their haul rivaled a Halloween cache.

We sat near the front of the parade route. I didn't see anyone "catch" the fish. I'd imagine that in the mile or so they had to travel, it's likely someone got a hold of that fake fish. 

If they did, they'd surely have a tale to tell.

Best Story From The Box Elder County Fair Parade...Part 1

 Yesterday, my family went to a parade. I'm not the biggest fan of parades. Usually parades are held during the hottest part of the year. I prefer not to be in hot weather. Parades are usually too long and, well...in a word, boring. 

Full disclosure--we went to the parade yesterday because my daughter was in the parade. The gym where she works had a float and we wanted to support her. We're glad we went. I took several photos of the parade, of the horses, the tractors, the high school floats, the grand marshals and basically all of it.

There were, however, two floats that my family and I felt were the best. This is about the first one.

We hired Mike Norr Plumbing to put in our water softener. They were great, professional, timely, and their work came at a fair price. We noticed a classic van headed down the parade route and I spotted the company logo right away. But, it was what the employees of Mike Norr Plumbing were doing that really sealed the deal. Instead of candy, the employees were throwing out...

Toilet paper.

Classic!

In fact, we loved it. 

I didn't get a chance to make eye contact with one of the throwers (as everyone parade goer knows, that's how you get stuff thrown to you...) so we missed out on taking home a much more practical and useful treasure from the parade. Sure, there were tons of candy thrown along with frisbees, beer can coolers, t-shirts, even fly swatters, but the TP was the best.

Tomorrow, I'll include our second choice for best story from the parade. The first one was pretty darn good.