An Eastport Fourth of July
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July 4, 2013 |
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Lending a solemn air to this year's 10th
Annual Fourth of July Parade at Eastport were a contingent
of Hall Mountain volunteer firefighters,
remembering the 19 fallen firefighters
who died fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire
in Arizona. |
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By Mike Weland
It might not be all that big, but for fun,
there's no better Fourth of July Parade than the
one they hold at Eastport, and today, their
tenth annual, was no exception.
With a good number of their Canadian neighbors
joining into to help us celebrate our
Independence, this parade is truly
multi-national.
With cars lining both sides of the highway south
of the Moyie River Bridge, many people sitting
in lawn chairs under shade they thought to
bring, and people lining Highway 95 in Eastport
proper, today's parade was well attended, and
the handful of kids watching made out like
bandits, as there was enough candy thrown to
make the bags they brought bulge like it was
Halloween!
Here's a look:
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There were
flag bearing, beautiful motorcycles, in
the 10th annual Eastport Fourth of July
Parade, each stocked with generous
amounts of candy ... |
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... Though
not all the bikers, or the bikes, were
big and bad; some were downright cute! |
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There was
even a couple on a motorized barstool
zipping around the parade route! |
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For most of
the parade, these two were traveling in
tandem, until the pony decided to go the
other way ... |
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... but she
was finally convinced to continue on in
the right direction ... sans riders! See
the guy at the left? It's rare you'll
see him sitting on the sidelines during
a Boundary County parade. That's Wayne
Nishak, who typically rides in the
parade in his one horse shay. Today,
he's giving the horse a break. Earlier,
he attended the parade in Troy, and
after the Eastport Parade, he's off to
the one in Bonners Ferry! |
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This old Ford
proudly chugged along the parade route,
flags aflutter ... |
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... As well
as a hot midget racer. Okay, okay ...
the youngster wasn't driving. The racer
was being towed. |
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This Jeep
showed off a veteran's pride, proudly
waving the U.S. Marine Corps and State
of Idaho colors. |
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No Boundary
County Parade would be complete without
the Shriners, and the Eastport Parade is
no exception. That's county prosecutor
Jack Douglas on the left. |
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And what
would a parade here be without a
tractor? The Eastport Parade had one of
those, too! |
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Why, they
even had a two person ATV pulling a
wagon load of teddy bears, and the
people came loaded with candy! |
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