Boat Parade

This year we went to the Balboa boat parade all by ourselves. Last year was the first year my family...my brother's and their families didn't go because my brother's were over the crowd and trying to find parking. When my Dad lived there they didn't have an excuse they had to go! Last year we went with some friends and we had fun but the restaurant we went to for years sold and we didn't know until that night! We were kinda bummed. This year I didn't really have a plan. I didn't have reservations anywhere so we knew we weren't going to get in anywhere so I thought we would just grab a bite at this Mexican place, that doesn't really have anywhere to sit, and we could walk with our food and eat. Well it is a good thing we were by ourselves because we MISSED the parade!!! It went by at 7:00 and we didn't get down to the water till 7:30, although we were there at 7:00 and I knew that the parade was coming by that point at 7:05! Gosh I am not having good luck with the Christmas festivities this year! It was very weird there too, we went on a Thursday which we normally do because we think that is the day that is the least crowded and there was NO one there. We found parking right away and the island looked like it was just a normal night. It would have been perfect! So since we were down there we decided to walk around the island, (which I haven't done since my Dad passed) and look at the houses, since they do have contests too for that I knew we would see some good houses, and we did. It was nice and we had a good time anyhow!
Here is the only picture I took of James eating a sprinkled covered marshmallow on a stick!