Huge Traveling Grapefruit

Livestock Show Parade

The huge grapefruit travels to 5 different cities with royalty aboard. The first out of city parade that we attend is the Laredo George Washington celebration parade, then we attend the Borderfest parade in Hidalgo, the livestock show parade in Mercedes, the fiesta flambeau parade in San Antonio, and last but not least the Bucaneer Parade in Corpus Christi. The parades are extremely fun. We really get to bond with the court. We have to wait for long hours in the heat, just so the parade can start. That does not include the wait time for the float to actually start moving. The average wait time aboard the float was around 5 hours. Thats right, we had to be sitting on the float with huge ball gowns for about 5 hours.  Don't think because we are royalty we are sitting on a comfy chair, on the contrary we sit on the most uncomfortable plastic step stools. Despite all the waiting, hunger, and pain we went through, the parades were an amazing experience. The bigger the city the bigger the parade. It was something I will never forget.