MESQUITE SANTA COP PARADE
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Event Flyer On The City Website
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Nice Cool Ride Through Dallas To Mesquite |
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The Start Location For Gathering |
This Way! It's Gonna Be A Great Day! |
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Special Flags Designated The Location Grounds |
Just About Half Of The Attendees |
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Special Arrangments For Registering |
The "Kelvinator" And Ron Sit And Wait |
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"Hey! Get Your Souvenir T-Shirts Here!" |
Classic Fire Truck All Dressed Up For The Parade |
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Command Center With Refreshments |
Plenty Of Water - Open-air Cooled For Drinking |
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Hot Coffee For Those Who Don't Drink Diet Coke! |
Donuts For Everybody And Then Some! |
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A Riding Santa Signed Up For The Parade |
Santa And Mrs. Claus Mingled With The Crowd |
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Elf Puppy Participated On The Ride With His Ball |
Some Brought Toys Instead Of Cash Registration |
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Mesquite PD Squad Line-Up For The Parade Escort |
The Officers Said They "Volunteered" |
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Mesquite PD Hotrod Charger In The Parade |
This Reindeer Brought Her Own Red Sleigh |
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It's A Big Deal When You Have Your Own Trailer |
And The Trailer Began To Fill With Donated Toys |
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The Fire Captain Videoed The Area From The Air |
This Is A View From About 50 Feet Up |
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A Toys For Tots Marine Was Helping With The Toys |
Yeah, I Broke Down A Bought Another T-Shirt |
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One Lonely Slingshot Participated |
Ron Got His "Goodie Bag" With Registration |
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Here We Go! See The Line In The Distance |
The Road Was Blocked And We Had All Lanes |
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Several More Riders Behind Ron And Me |
The Officers Acknowledged Our Participation |
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The Line Was Pretty Well "Strung Out" |
Don't Know If Ron Saw Me Take This Shot |
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Some Of The Public Was Aware Of The Parade |
More Officers Becoming Targets For Us |
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Non-Stop Ride For About 20 Minutes
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Was This A Drug Deal Going Down? - Nah! |
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A Forward Shot Looking Backwards To The Right |
A Forward Shot Looking Backwards To The Left |
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Some Christmas Decor In The Neighborhood |
Some Folks Didn't Know Of The Parade But Waved |
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These Folks Pre-Planned With Chairs! |
Not A Big Crowd On The Streets But Some Showed |
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We Were Warned About A Train And There It Is! |
Some VETS Came Out To See Us And Waved |
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A Giant Roller Skate - I Had To Have The Photo |
And We All Made It Back To The Church "On Time" |
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And The Po-Po Were Right Behind Us |
The Church Was Decorated For Christmas |
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We Were Fed Pizza For A Lunch Upon Return |
With Sweet Cookies For Dessert |
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These Baskets Were To Be Auctioned For Funds |
We Didn't Stay For The Auction - Hope It Did Well |
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If I Had Voted - They Would Win For Best Costumes |
We Screwed The Tollway By Using The Side Roads |