St Patrick's Day Parade

Saturday Gary and I rode in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Billings with the Patriot Guard Riders. It was alot of fun and we would like to make this an annual event along with other events we want to make annually.

Early Saturday morning we again loaded the bike onto the trailer. Now that we know how to thread those stupid ratchet straps it was a snap. Again we unloaded at the dealership and left our trailer and truck there. We ate breakfast at the Muzzleloader Cafe, not knowing how long this will be and when we would get a chance to eat again.

Our friends Pat & Sandi Breckenridge were there (former Hardin residents), so we joined them for breakfast. We followed them to the staging area, due to all the construction going on in downtown Billings, they knew the secrets ways to the courthouse parking lot. Many of our biker friends were there so we got to catch up on news. We were invited to a party later on in the day at some other friends house. She gave us the address, but we had no clue where it was, so we just went with some other friends.

The weather was nice for a parade, not too hot and not too cold. The only problem was that the people running the staging for the parade had our group move three times. We ended up being where we first started for lining up the parade. Sure alot of people lined up to watch the parade. Many had their bikes decorated and a bunch wore goofy hats. We bought some green baseball caps to wear. My mission now is to find some St. Patty's decorations for next year. I did post the photos on my picasa site and also on my facebook.

We ate lunch with the group at a nice little Mexican restaurant. They sure weren't ready for us, they were told that about 20 people would be there, when in fact 40 of us showed up. It was very good food and they did work very hard to accomodate us, not to mention working the regular cafe part. The two little waitresses sure were running. Those two young women were amazed at the tip money that was piled up on the tables. After lunch we went back to the dealership to load the bike on the trailer. We were able to leave our rig at friend's house and we rode with them to the party. Good thing, we would have never found the party house on our own. Now that we know where our hosts live, we will find it again.

There were about 22 of us for the St. Patrick's Day feast. She fixed corned beef and cabbage, mashed potatoes, ham, soda bread. Had a variety of desserts. The only requirement was that we had to bring our own drinks. It was a good time. All the guys were playing pool and the women were upstairs chatting about hair extensions, butt cracks and boobs.

We didn't get home until 10:00 that night. Not too bad for only going to be gone for the morning. After all we just went to Billings to ride in the parade.