Every float is required to contract a tow truck. At the end, all the tow trucks file through and blare their sirens. The crowd cheers almost as heartily for those proud tow vehicles as their pretty customers. It's Pasadena’s “after-party”!
I had seven months to plan the trip to Albuquerque for the Balloon Fiesta (said to be the #1 ticket in the Airstream rally circuit). I wonder if God laughed when an email arrived at 6:30pm on Christmas Eve about the Rose Bowl Parade (the “#2...