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| The crowd at Leipers Fork Parade |
Followed by the Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane's Police Car.
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| John Snider, Grand Marshal |
The kid was dressed in White, trimmed in gold, and wearing a black hat, drinking a Cooler Light beer.
The guy from American Pickers came riding in the parade in a Polaris Jeep.
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| Kid Rock and his granddaughter |
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| We saw a Grinch |
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| Cindy Lou-Who |
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| Santa Clause in his sleigh with Reindeer |
Hubby ordered a big breakfast.
We arrived at Leipers Fork around 11:00 AM, set up our chairs, and walked around taking pictures and talking to local shop owners.
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| Christmas Ball hanging from the ceiling at one of the local stores also in the attic area was a Manger Scene |
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| People already had a chair set up in front of Pucketts Grocery, a local restaurant. |
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| fireplace a warm, cozy spot |
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| Cowboy boot Sign |
Where we sat were a couple of firepits with marshmallows and gram crackers to make smores.
It was nice to sit by the fire it was an overcast day with temperatures around 50+ degrees with some sun.
At the portlets, I met a woman who was building a house in the Leipers Fork area. She said we have 2 dogs and 2 cats, and they were renting in the Nashville area but were originally from Atlanta, GA.
I also met a woman wearing a Mad Hatter hat, she was covered in Christmas rope, bells, and balls.
She gave me and the woman next to me a bell. I tied my bell on my tennis shoe, and everywhere I went, I would hear bells, I forgot it was me that was ringing.
I met a family from near Dickson, TN, she said she was an artist, and he was a landscaper (from Nashville until he married). They had two children, and they had never been to the Leipers Fork Parade. I told them they were in for a treat. They were waiting to eat at a local restaurant, and when the parade began, they came and stood nearby. The man said after they ate that, the kids rode horses in the fields, and there they saw Kid Rock.
The little girl said she wanted one of the bears that were going to be thrown out during the parade. Both she and her brother caught two each.
They left after the bears were thrown out.
Hubby and I both made smores, but they sure were messy. The parade began around 2:30PM and lasted until about 4 or a little after the sun was setting, and it was beginning to get dark. The cleanup crew began to clean up all the debris left from the parade and the crowd. Hubby and I sat by the fire pit as we watched a steady stream of cars leave the grass-filled parking area.
A young man stoked the fire, and we warmed our hands and bodies.
A man with his daughter was warming up at the fire pit. We were talking about the Shoals area that we were from, and the man said that he had a friend who played in a band that played at the Shoals Marriott.
We finally braved the traffic and began our travel home.
At 5:22 PM, we stopped at Panda Express in Sring Hill.
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| End of the parade, and the sun was setting. |
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| We ordered broccoli and beef, honey walnut shrimp, orange chicken, chow mein, egg roll, and 3 creams cheese Rangoon. |
At 7PM, we stopped at Big Lots in Lawrenceburg for some bread and Archway gingerbread cookies.
(I love me some gingerbread cookies) we bought three bags and a bag of Archway gingersnaps.
We were home around 7:30, took a hot shower, put on my pajamas, crawled into my warm bed, turned on the TV, and were asleep in no time.Hubby had a great day; it was a little on the cool side, overcast, and the sun tried to sneak out a time or two. Saw John Snider, Kid Rock, and the guy from American Pickers. Made a few new friends, ate some good food, and had a safe trip home.
