Barkus

Today we went to the Barkus parade. Barkus is an all dog parade that runs through the French Quarter. It is so cute. Like all the other parades for Mardi Gras they have a theme, this year it was Indiana Bones Raiders of the Lost Bark. They have floats and throws and costumes. The only difference is Dogs are wearing the costumes and riding on the floats. Their owners are throwing the throws and pulling the floats. For those of you who don't know Throws are beads, stuffed animals and other things that people in the parade Throw to the crowd. Chance really liked the parade, he loves animals. Scott carried him in the backpack most of the time and then we took him out and I held him and he watched the dogs in the parade. The weather was really nice for the parade not too hot but it wasn't cold either. There was a cute English Bulldog all dressed up just riding on one of the floats, it made us miss Rosco. Chance got a lot of beads, a tennis ball and a tiger mask. He did not want to wear it very long but I did get a couple pictures of him in it before he pulled it off. It is amazing how they get all those dogs together and we did not see one dog fight. That is pretty impressive in itself. Scott had the camera for this parade and he took a lot of pictures of the parade and the surroundings, you can see the rest of the pictures by following the New Pictures link and checking the Mardi Gras album. Where we watched the parade was in front of the Saint Louis Cathedral School. It was a pretty cool sight to see the nuns out watching the parade so I had to add the last picture on this blog. The first picture is before we left for the parade and then Chance at the parade, he was not looking at the parade in the third picture he was looking back at Scott. Watch out! It's a dangerous Tiger! He needs his milk of he gets anger.