Hopkinton, New York Summer Parade-Part 2

I was watching the Hopkinton Summer Parade (see also Part 1, posted yesterday) and snapping photos as the paraders went by. This lady drove a beautifully restored antique Farmall tractor:

Nearly all the paraders threw candy to the kids, but because the route was so short, their candy stash so large and the children so few, they were throwing out double handfuls of candy. These kids had collected at least half of what had been thrown so far by the time I snapped this photo:

Step back in time, visit the Hopkinton Museum. I didn't recognize the driver until he waved. Then I recognized him as my nearest neighbor:

The local Girl Scout troop:

A local rust control business. I liked this photo because of the happy kids and dogs in the back of the truck:

An antique car:

And a pink firetruck. I've seen this at other parades and now recognize it as a tribute to breast cancer awareness. This time, however, I noticed that there were handwritten messages all over it:

The horse riders came next. The woman on the white horse is my neighbor who led a donkey in the parade the previous week for suicide prevention awareness:

And then, right behind the horses, was her son with the same donkey:

My neighbor and one of her boys, riding Abilene, the pony:

And her mom, Grandma, the owner of the local feed store, with the other two boys in the family:

I only kept a few of the many firetruck photos I took. This one was from nearby North Lawrence, New York and I thought it would be a fitting way to end this post on the parade: