Parade

Went to bed last night at 03:00 hours and got up this morning at 11:45 hours. I got out of bed and got changed into street clothes. I then read the paper and ate lunch. I then went up to the fire house around 13:00 hours and Bubba was washing the Tanker. I helped him wash the Tanker and then Jason showed up. I pulled the Utility out and we both washed the Utility. We then put the pressure washer away and House and Bill showed up. Bubba then went down to his house to get a shower, Jason went home to get cleaned up and Bill left. I then headed on home and got changed and then headed back up to the fire house. Jason was already back and had put his gear in the back. I put my gear in the back and then put the wheel, sign, wrappers and money box in the front. Kenny then came down and then Troy showed up, followed by LeeAnn and then Robby and Tandee. We loaded up and I decided to ride shotgun tonight and let Jason drive. We loaded the cooler into the back of the Utility and then headed on up to Millersburg. We got there and regeistered and then lined up to be judged. I had Don Deppen as our judge and Steppler was judging antiques. We got judged and then the Engine got judged shorlty after us. Bubba did not get judged until about 6 minutes before we were to pull out. He was still getting judged when the parade started and was yet still being judged when we were ready to pull out. So we decided to sit there until Bubba was done and when he was, we left. The parade was nice, but it was a little unorganized. Sean said when I talked to him later that he was not happy with the Tanker judge, and he was not happy that no one told him that floats were going to be in the parade. Halfway through the parade, Andy came up to us and asked us where the candy was and we told him. He told us he was going to go get us set up awhile. After we parked, we walked down to the stand and then took over from Andy. The awards were handed out. We took 1st place with the Tanker and beat Williamstown, winning a check of $100.00 and we took 2nd place with the Utility and won a $50.00 check. We made $42.75 on the stand for the night, but once the awards were given out, the crowd disappeared. We closed down around 22:15 hours an were back at the station by 23:00 hours. We unloaded everything and then counted the money and then I headed on home. Once at home I took a shower and am soon going to bed as I am tired.