Good morning GH. It is just past 10:30 a.m. in "The City." Memorial Day dawned with ominous looking skies as I gazed out the WW. That meant that STWD, Mary, and yours truly needed to get an early start on our morning walk. Plus, the annual Memorial Day parade stopped off at 9:30 a.m., so I needed to be in position to get some pictures. I'll add those later. 

Our current temperature is 73° under cloudy skies. The weather forecast is inconclusive and ambiguous. It depends on what source you check, and when you check it. STWD isn't in her hide-e-hole, so I think that I'll go with her forecast. Tomorrow is forecast to be cloudy, but dry.

According to one source, there is a chance for T-storms this afternoon, but who really knows. Like I said, I'll stay with the weather report from the intrepid weather dog.

Yesterday was the 99th running of the "Greatest Spectacle in Motor Car Racing" to quote former driver Jackie Stewart. The race was run under sunny skies and the eventual winner was Juan Pablo Montoya. I just like the sound of his name. He came from 30th place, survived a couple of rules warnings and being crashed into during a caution, to win going away.

Mary helped with the pre-race food preparations. I think I'll include a few of those pictures now.

Looked good to me

I was at the ready. in the Media Room

So was STWD. She checked things out thoroughly

Elsewhere in sports, yesterday, the boys in blue fell to the D'Backs, 3 - 4. However, with a record of 24 - 19, they remain in second place in their division. The Tigers have fallen to third place with a record of 26 19. in their division, following an 8 - 10 loss to the surprising Houston Astros. The Astros have a record of 29 - 16, and lead the A.L. West. My beloved Red Sox are also in third place, with a sub .500 record of 21 - 23, after beating the Angels, 6 - 1. The Caps defeated the Dragons, 5 - 0.

As I noted earlier, the annual MD parade in GH stepped off at 9:30 a.m. Like many small towns and cities across MI and the US, it wasn't long, but it was still great. The Coast Guard Color Guard led off the parade, followed by the men of the VFW Post 2326 Honor Guard, pictured below. 

The skies looked ominous, but they did not "Rain on our parade."

Looking Good!

Post Commander of VFW 2326, Ted Raggl and his wife Kathy.

Also looking good.

What would a parade be without the local high school marching band. Here are the Marching Buccaneers of Grand Haven High School.

Waiting on the playing of Taps at Central Park

"The Hooligans" also overflew the parade. Here is a shot as they flew over the GH City Hall.

Nice formation flying as they passed directly over the hook and ladder truck parked in front of the GH Dept. of Public Safety

Good advice on a holiday weekend

Finally, what would a parade be without a shot of dogs. Here it is

A pedigreed Burmese Mountain Dog meets a rescued Husky, Labrador, and Dachshund mix.

The sun rose at 6:12 a.m.and will set at 9:11 p.m. Ciao