July 4, 2006

With nothing better to do before the Annual St. Peter 4th of July Parade, the Taylor kids stacked up for this photo op. - Belly Bean, Chalupa, Boots and BD. For a two hour spectical, we didn't see any unicycles, only two or three clowns, no horses, no bag-pipes, and only one vintage farm tractor that I can remember. In other words, this parade has a ways to go to match the silliness of Decorah's annual Nordic-mess fiasco.

Below BD displays his new definition for political canvasing. By the time the parade ended, you could barely see any part of his shirt under all the stickers.

During the parade Buzz Daddy enjoyed a brief encounter with Al Franken who was stumping for a local politician. When asked if he was going to run, Mr. Franken replied that he might in two years, but today he was helping Waltz run for his congressional seat. That's about as much inside scoop as we'll ever get to pending national politics.

As a side note, the venerable gentleman sitting next to us commented that Al Franken was too smart to be in politics and should stick with his media commentary. A point well taken.