Saturday was the 77th Annual Tyler Rose Festival. We left really early on Saturday morning and headed to Tyler to enjoy the show. Neither of us had any idea what to expect and when we arrived, we realized that our tickets only had the label for the place that sold the tickets... NOT the location of the event. So... we stopped at McDonald's to ask the local patrons if they knew where we were supposed to go. No luck. On our way around the corner, we saw a police officer (who looked like he was actually just about ready to take care of some likely petty crime) and we pulled over to ask him where we should go. Fortunately, he pointed us in the right direction...
Traffic was moving very slowly, so we found an empty church parking lot to park the car and then started walking with a few other folks who appeared to be heading toward the event. We arrived at the stadium just in time to watch the parade. It was kind of fun to see the small-town pride and the LONG tradition that the parade and festival brought to the community.
Below are some of the gorgeous roses and flowers that we saw after the parade. It was amazing to see the number of gorgeous roses in bloom over several acres. What a fun day!
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