Laramie, Sunday, July 11

On Friday, July 9 we got into the Laramie Jubilee Celebration spirit! We ate lunch at the Eppson Sr. Citizens center as they invited KOA seniors to join them. For $4.00 a plate we had tossed salad, BBQ chicken, baked beans, cole slaw and ice cream for dessert. The seniors line dancing club entertained, and there was a sing-along as well. After lunch we made the walking tour of the historic downtown Laramie, and slipped into a couple of western wear stores and after our tour we checked out the carnival and treated ourselves to a funnel cake and a diet Coke.

Saturday we hurried downtown to watch the Laramie Jubilee Parade. Being used to having to park miles away and get to the parade route early, we were there at 9:15 for the 10:00 parade. We could have parked on the parade route (wish we'd have known that!) and we could have arrived at 9:45 and had a great spot to watch the parade. As it was, a fellow who was parked on the street offered us the use of his folding chairs, so we were able to enjoy the parade in comfort. There were no bands, dancing studios, Shriners, etc. There WERE a lot of rodeo princesses from various areas advertising their rodeos and celebrations, politicians galore (primary is held in August in WY), and a lot of antique tractors. It seemed every unit in the parade was giving the kids candy -- some of their bags looked like they'd been trick or treating on Halloween! We adults were inundated with political brochures :-( Oh yes, the women along the route received a carnation. After the parade we returned to camp until Mass time and then had dinner at a Chinese restaurant. My next post will be from Casper, WY!