Spontaneous Parades

Kids' Parade in Corvallis, Oregon

Kids’ Parade in Corvallis, Oregon. More photos here.

Friday evening, James and I grabbed dinner with his parents. We hit up the new Alley Gyros on 3rd St. next to Broken Yolk, and took our food down to the Riverfront Park. As we nommed our delicious gyros, a random parade marched by, complete with the Corvallis Knights‘ mascot, Mack, big signs, a “float,” and tons of giggling, waving kids.

I’m not sure what the parade was all about – seems to have had something to do with Parks & Rec, and it definitely had an Olympic theme.

I have to say, I adore living in a town where random, spontaneous parades are not an unusual event. You can see a few more photos of the parade here.

On an unrelated note – Alley Gyros? Delicious. The food is fantastic!

Marci Sischo

After watching her parents murdered by a mugger in a back alley, Marci Sischo grew up vowing to become the world's greatest detec -- wait, that's Batman. Theorizing that one could time travel within her own lifetime, Marci Sischo stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished -- no, no. That's Dr. Sam Beckett. Drat. Marci Sischo grew up in northern Michigan, and moved to Oregon in 2009. Yes! She's the Commuter's webmaster, pursuing a journalism degree at LBCC, and in her dwindling spare time, she's co-authoring an urban fantasy novel.
  • Kaci

    Love it! My boss mentioned his kids were working on a float this week; I should have asked more questions. But you’re right, I thought it wasn’t odd to be working on a float with no holidays approaching. Yay Corvallis!

    • Marci Sischo

      Right? Corvallis is awesome. :D