Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 3:30 a.m. in "This City."  A current temperature of 55° appears to be about as low as it will get this morning. Later today, we'll see a high temperature of near 70°, albeit the chance of rain increases to 40% as the day wears on. As the week progresses, the cold weather that has been plaguing the rest of the country will visit us in the form of 50° temperatures. Oh well, that's winter in Florida.

We had a great day at the Mardi Gras Parade yesterday. I was able to gather a large amount of pirate booty as the floats passed by, I'll include some pictures from the parade and of that booty later in this blog.

Otherwise, not much was happening around here. Lot's of people came to the parade, reminiscent of the Coast Guard Parade in our own fair city. Here it happened in February instead of late July/August. We spent some time on our deck and also at the parade itself. What an experience.

We also took a rather abbreviated walk with Sugar the Weather Dog, due in large measure to the crowds that began gathering at 10:00 a.m. yesterday morning. We should be able to get out this morning when the crowds are gone and the hubbub has died down.

The sun will rise at 6:29 a.m., and set at 5:38 p.m.

So without further ado, and in no particular order, here are those aforementioned pictures.

In addition to Mustangs, there are also Jeeps™

The parade stretched on for a mile or more

My Booty

Pirates get a lot of emphasis on "The Beach"

Next year I need to get pink hair, or any hair for that matter

By popular demand, blue skies 

Just like in GH, a pipe band was part of the parade

It was non-stop traffic prior to the parade

Parade goers occupied the median along Via De Luna Drive

Along with the EMS service, Escambia County's finest were also well represented