Sunday, February 19, 2012

Day 7 - Mardi Gras!


Mardi Gras!

We went to Spanish Plaza in Mobile, AL today for Joe Cain Day. Joe Cain resurrected Mardi Gras after the civil war; without him, we would not have this festive event today. Something else that a lot of people did not know is that Mardi Gras started in Mobile before it started in New Orleans!



The daytime parades started with the Harley-Davidson parade and ended with the famous Joe Cain parade. We caught two shopping bags full of beads, moon pies, footballs and cups! Jen also got a stuffed bear with the help of Uncle Chris.


We headed home for an hour or so, then headed back for the MOT (Mystics of Time) parade. It had...

DRAGONS!!

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