Yes, we did make it to Pella, IA to the 81st ANNUAL TULIP TIME FESTIVAL last Friday. I had put a couple posts on Facebook, but none of the parade.
We left Clarinda before 7 am and were in Pella just after 10:00 am. Took a tour of the city on one of their Trams pulled by big IH Case tractors.
Couple of young girls told about the
sites we were going by.
Most of the tulips were past prime-time of bloom, but thee were several places that were in full colorful bloom.
Pella has one working Dutch windmill
as well as many in various size
that are replicas of windmills.
This is Marion County Bank, built
in base of a windmill.
This is in the back yard
of the residences.
This is the fully operational
windmill in downtown Pella. The base
is a museum. There are a lot of museums in Pella, but we didn't take the time to go through them. Big crowds - maybe some other time.
Here is list of all the museums Pella Museums
block of vendors. Lots of interesting
stuff.
Guy above had unique Hummingbird feeder and we got one for Clarinda and one for La Feria.
I did buy an American Flag from
this booth (at left), but not the post they
were selling.
We got a reserved seat on the bleachers to
watch the parade and then went to one of the many food booths and got
lunch. Temperature was in the low 80's but bright, bright sunshine. At
that time there was not much of a breeze and it was really warm.
Later, during the parade a breeze did come up and although it wasn't too bad, we witnessed a lot of sunburn.
lasting an hour and a half with many
presentations of Dutch notabilities and
dress.
The queen's court, after they had
participated in program.
The last part of the program, before the parade, was the "washing of the street" a Dutch custom.
Tanks of water were set out earlier along the street. Some of the men carried the buckets suspended from wooden yokes carried on their shoulders, and younger kids sloshed
the water around the street
while men and women wielded brooms
The parade was led by a man
ringing a bell and anouncing the
parade.
Lots of bands.
Bicycle for three!
Lots of floats, old cars,
old tractors, etc.
If you want to see all the photos
I took of the parade, and that day,
go to This Picasa Web Album
Parade was from 2:30 pm to just after
4 pm.
This is just like a pickup we had from 1970 through 1972 when we first moved to Clarinda. A 1958 Chevy.
Walking the 6-or so blocks
back to our pickup we went by some
Tulips that were pretty.
Think Phyllis is showing a little
tired from the long day
in the sun at this point.
We stopped in Knoxville, IA at a "Mom & Pop" cafe we got from our "Our Iowa" magazine and had great tenderloin sandwich and hot beef sandwich. Were home about 8:30 pm. Long day for old people.
Sunday morning went to Church and to the meeting afterwards where final vote was made to begin construction on the new church building to be built. It passed and things will begin now.
This overview shows where the building will be. This is just to the north of Iowa Business Route 2 at the west edge of Clarinda.
Got some rain overnight and today and the next couple are to be rain off and on.
Preparing the trailer and our plans to head out next Monday. Will go to Omaha for knee checkup then to Boone, IA to visit Bill & Twila Oberholzer before stopping in State Center, IA to visit with Lola Schappe. Then the latter part of week, if weather cooperates, will explore the caves at Maquoketa Caves State Park
On the weekend we will park at Sudbury Motel and RV in Marengo and be at our Son's for the baby shower for our anticipated Great-Granddaughter on Saturday.
More later, Lynn
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