The Eminence Christmas Parade - 2014

On Saturday, Tami and I made our annual pilgrimage to Eminence, Missouri for their Christmas parade.  Eminence is a scrappy little mountain town that serves as the county seat of Shannon County.  I guess the reason we enjoy their parade so much, is the stark simplicity and hill country ingenuity that is on full display.  Hope you enjoy the pictures with my narration.

The parade route, looking north toward the courthouse (out of view to the left)

Tami and I waiting for the show to start!

Still waiting....

Hooray! The beginning of the parade, looking south from in front of the AG church.

Christmas at the Deer Camp!

And you thought Santa drove a sleigh?...Nope!  He drives a Farmall Tractor!!....

Ole Santy has a boat too!!!

 This was just too neat!  We saw this canoe coming down the street and because it was so dark, you couldn't really see the man sitting inside.

 And Finally...This was the best part of the whole parade for Tami and I.  There was a parade entry for a local fuel company that was real ingenious.  Blue plastic oil barrels fixed up as little "train" cars, pulled by a four-wheeler!  The little kids in the barrels were too cute!