4th of July Parade
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This was one of the highlights of the trip out west this year.  What an honor it was to represent the San Juan Mountains oldest Jeep Tour company, "San Juan Scenic Jeep Tours" in Ouray Colorado's annual 4th of July parade.  Greg Pieper, the owner of the company was really excited to have two of their former trucks in town and in the parade.  It's really funny to think what a small group the FC community is and both Jason and I were recognized separately by strangers who pretty much knew the FC Tour Jeep story.  We were also stopped by people in town that remembered taking tours in our trucks many years ago.
 

Here we are getting the trucks ready for the parade.

Jason & Craig's Tour Jeeps.

Awesome vehicle wrap!

Jason's truck is ready to go!

All ready to get in the lineup.

Waiting on 2nd Street in the pre-parade lineup.

Craig's Tour Jeep

Jason's Tour Jeep

San Juan Scenic Jeeps driver "Wild Bill" and his Black Bear truck.

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Here we are getting the trucks ready for the parade.

 

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Parade marchers waiting for the call.

Even their dog is getting into the act!

Wild Bill's truck all ready to go.

The San Juan Scenic Jeep lineup.

One of San Juan's drivers, Chuck had this clean Jeepster to drive in the parade.

Waiting in line.

Now you didn't think that I was only going to dress up the Tour Jeep, did you?

Princess Missy is ready to go!

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Parade marchers waiting for the call.

 

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Doug Mykol riding along in tour Jeep #1.

Doreen Mykol is also riding along with Tour Jeep #1.

A beautiful day for a parade!

Check out above my Tour Jeep. An low altitude fly over for the crowd.

And a great catch in pictures by Greg Pieper!

An awesome first flyover with more to come later.

Jason's ready to go.

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Doug Mykol riding along in tour Jeep #1.

 

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The infamous "Wild Bill."

Here we go!

What a crowd!

Doug takes a shot from onboard of the crowd.

Smoky even made an appearance!

Can someone point these guys towards the river?

The Fire department needs to wet these guys down.

What's a parade without horses?

Or burros?

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The infamous "Wild Bill."

 

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The grand Marshall is riding large!

A little advertisement for the after parade events.

One more crowd shot from Doug as the crowd closed in.

Here we come!

The "Money Shot!"

Good thing the Fire Department was behind us!

What a crowd! It was like this during the entire route.

Our parade photographer is also the owner of the Western Hotel. Bet you couldn't guess by his camera angles.

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The grand Marshall is riding large!

 

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John Deere is also represented well.

The Fire Department had the job of cooling off the crowd after we drove by!

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