Don't rain on my Parade!! (check out blog below first)

It is so hard to choose just a few pictures to blog. If I can't you'll just have to see them all. Some info...Each float must be covered completely with flowers, whether it be the stems, the petals, the leaves. There are other things that are accepted, but I can't remember. Anyway, here are some that I snapped for your enjoyment!
If you look closer, this first one has real fire around the outside of the circle.The ringmaster would get the crowd excited and then it would light up with fire.
It seems hard to believe, but on the Lewis and Clark float, the boat, the barrels and everything is covered with parts of flowers. There were alot of other countries represented in the parade. Tiawan is Portland's Sister City, and an all girls marching band from Tiawan marched. This float was made and represents Korea. There was a Vietnmese float that I took a picture of for Grandma Rose.