Rainout 1-2-06

Last year was the first time I’d been to a Tournament of Roses Parade. Rain was predicted but it nearly missed. It hadn’t rained on the parade in 51 years so my family was optimistic the weather would hold up for this year’s parade. That was not to be.





My mother gets very good seats near the beginning of the parade route on Colorado Blvd. because she works for the city of Pasadena so two of my uncles, aunt, cousin, cousin’s fiancée, my mother and I decided to go any despite the weather. Things appeared optimistic early on as the rain settled down but picked up again once the parade started then gradually got worse and windier as the parade went on. We were fine for the first 1.5 hours until the wind started getting us soaked. It became hell. My two-month old, 20D was wrapped in plastic but even then the LCD readout screen died and the viewfinder info died as well. The camera was still capable of taking pictures however so I ended up with 594 pictures despite only staying for ¾ of the parade. I shot blindly as my vision was impaired by the water but it was a very enlightening experience. Something that we will remember for the rest of our lives.

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