Christmas Parades
Cruising in the Starkville Christmas Parade
The most recent public appearance I was in was the Starkville Christmas parade. Unfortunately, there was a very cold light rain and drizzle at that time, so that undoubtedly kept some of the crowd at home. It also deterred us from letting the top down on our Mustang!
Bill Gamel and Siobhan Riley, an anchor and reporter, respectively, were in the car with me. I picked up the car from the dealership, so I got to drive. Bill is from Starkville and has been on TV in this area for ages, so lots of people were yelling his name, but I got my share of shout-outs! The above photo was taken by Claire Mattox of Aberdeen.
Christian Kirk and I went to Aberdeen for their Christmas parade last week, but it was rained out. We did not find this out until we got there. In total, we drove about two hours and I got to bed later than normal, but Christian and I had some good conversation in the car ride!
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