Arrows to Aerospace Parade

The parade participants pose in front of the 1954 Plymouth Savoy,
St. Mary's of Bellevue School's parade entry.
Saturday, we got to participate in Bellevue's annual "Arrows to Aerospace" parade as part of St. Mary's of Bellevue's entry - a restored 1954 Plymouth Savoy that will be raffled off later this year as a fundraiser.

The entry was a late one (two days before the parade), so we were stuck as the last of 81 entries. That meant that we didn't start walking until 47 minutes after the parade had officially started.

Nonetheless, it was a fun experience. The girls and their cousins alternated between walking and riding in the car (or, in Veronica's case, riding in a stroller). When they were walking, they were selling raffle tickets to people along the parade route. The weather wasn't too hot, so it really wasn't too bad.

However, when the parade came to an end in Old Towne Bellevue, we faced a long walk back to the starting point (Bellevue East High School). So we decided to use the car to shuttle everyone back. Unfortunately, it ran out of gas just a couple blocks from where the parade ended. Making the situation worse, we didn't know it ran out of gas because Dad's cell phone doesn't get service in Bellevue. What a disaster!

It ended up that Grandma Bep came to our rescue, driving her big boat of a car down to the park to pick us up after dropping off some gas for the car where it had broken down.

The car that Papa Aube restored looked great.
So, how can you win this car? The YD girls are selling raffle tickets for $10 apiece. You can win the car or $3,000 cash. E-mail us at "teachingangels2fly(at)yahoo.com" if you would like to buy a ticket.

This is NOT the car that is being raffled off.