I LOVE A PARADE!

67th Annual Cranberry Festival, Bandon, Oregon

First Place Entry by "Washed Ashore, Art to Save the Sea" -- amazing!

OK, so antique tractors and high school drill teams do not a Rose Bowl Parade make, yet small town parades do make me SMILE!

HI! Ny name is WINN!

And this is my trusty steed, "Hot Sugar":  three bike frames and a shopping cart.

And that's my travel pal, Antonio.  His bike is more conventional -- one frame, two wheels, brakes and a pair of handlebars.

We're from Los Angeles, just leaving Brookings, Oregon and pedaling our way to Portland this fine Labor Day Weekend.

We have awesome adventures and sometimes we're stalked by crazy people in RVs who will stop at anything (like traffic) just to  take our picture.

Sometimes it's a little challenging to get up hills on my three-story pedaling machine...

...but I'm young, and agile, and my CCC consists of just the basics, a loaf of bread, my cantina and my flocked teddy bear helmet.

Bet you thought Flower Children went the way of the buggy whip, right?  Well, I'm here to tell you, you might want to rethink that!