Dairy Princess Parade - Part 1

I left the Dairy Princess Festival in the village park (see yesterday's post) and headed toward my parked car, crossing Main Street in Canton, New York:

The perfect Small Town America, Canton was already filling up with spectators for the parade even though it wouldn't pass by this section for some time yet:

As for me, I was walking toward the beginning of the parade. but on the way, I had to stop and ask about this adorable puppy. She was a seven week old Bloodhound:

I positioned myself on Court Street, another wonderfully scenic example of small town America:

And then the parade began. Fire trucks and ambulances were first:

The Dairy Princess and her court, waving regally at their adoring subjects below. Notice the balloons with Holstein spots:

All the floats celebrated some aspect of the dairy industry:

There was a large contingent of children walking dogs, and their banner proclaimed that it was St. Lawrence County PAWS 4-H Club:

A daycare center float, created out of a hay wagon:

Human fruits and vegetables led the way for GardenShare, an organization which grows healthy crops for local food banks:

The St. Lawrence Power & Equipment Museum in the town of Madrid (which I've visited and posted about several times) hosted a float with giant milk carton and milk cans:

St. Mary's had a dairy themed float with lots of hay bales. And the parade kept coming. I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: