City of Rosemead 4th of July Parade 2015

Today R2 participated in his second 4th of July parade, this time in the City of Rosemead, CA. I resurrected his flag-waving apparatus, and he was ready to go!



Some police cadets took a picture before the parade started.



Meanwhile, indoors, over 100 costumed characters and wranglers were preparing.



And they took an opportunity to get a group photo. Poor R2 was anchored to his parade platform on the trailer, so he missed the group picture.



Around 10:45am it was time to pull out. Off we go!

We were somewhat behind the many costumed characters, so I wasn't able to get any good pictures of them. Oh well.



Lots of people lined the roughly mile-long route. Lots of waving and "It's R2-D2!" from the crowd.




There's our cadets.



Every once in a while I'd make sure R2 was still doing fine, either via the rear view mirror or by sticking my head way out the window. (We were moving about 1-2 mph.)



Everyone had a great time, and I hope R2 and I get to participate in a parade again next year!