Spanish Town parade

I had a chance to ride on a float for the Baton Rouge Spanish Town Mardi Gras parade. This is probably the biggest parade in Baton Rouge. I was riding with the local sci-fi crew, BabelCon. I figured this was a good time to represent the Klingon Empire, so I went in Klingon uniform. Here I am:



Yep, I am a total geek.
Friday night, the riders met at the float to load up our throws.  The float was to leave where it was parked (at the Celtic Society building) at 6:00 a.m.
Saturday for the Parade.  

The temperature was just above freezing. The ride over there was most fun.

One problem was that unless you were very careful with your throws, the beads tangled worse than a hyperactive 6-year-old trying to roll up a dozen strings of barbed wire.  I spent a good deal of my time untangling throws.

The crowd had to have been around a hundred thousand!  Wow!  Lots of them yelled out "Klingon!" or "Qa'Pla!"  They got the best throws.  We finished in about an hour and the float took us back to our cars.