[DeTomaso] NPC Interesting day doing the Rodeo Parade.

[Jerry Knotts]

One of the car clubs that I frequent annually participates in the 
Coffeyville Kansas Rodeo parade.  This morning I arrived bright, shinny 
and early for the parade in my white 73.  I went to the designated 
marshaling area and linked up with the group for the mandatory "Gawk and 
Talk" before the parade.

In being lined up for the event I was assigned a position behind a 
friends tall "T" sedan that sports a Chebby small block and some big 
knobby rear tires.  Jim is a lot of fun and loves to please the crowd 
with a burn out or two showing off his "T".  You could tell the parade 
was locally organized by the ordering of the parade.  The first to go 
was the horseback color guard and 3 contingents of riding clubs, with 
about 50 horses each.  Next came the Rodeo advertizing float throwing 
candy to the kids and then the car club. By the time I finished the 
parade I was exhausted.  The horses all had diarria.  The advertizing 
float was throwing out candy to the kids all over the street and Jim 
realized that burn outs are much easier if you start on a fresh pile.  I 
spent the entire parade route on and off the clutch, and dodgeing kids 
sifting through horse poop trying to find candy and Jim seeing how far 
he could sling fresh poop to delight the crowd .

Just finished washing and detailing the P car before putting it in the 
garage.

Living the life,
jerry