Which means hard to get lit up moving subjects at night, and cold temperatures. Both came through! It was chilly, not cold. Low 30s and almost no wind. But parade lasted over an hour, and after standing around that long, it's COLD!
Starting off the parade was a thoroughly restored and tricked out old military Kaiser Jeep truck. With all kinds of modern upgrades. It was being raffled off for charity. I bought a ticket, but didn't win!
The National Guard always brings out this mini KC130 plane that's always lit up. Looks pretty good.
An old tow truck, just kind of different from many of the other entries in the parade.
A old Thunderbird with lots of lights. As always, getting a good shot of anything at night like this is tough because they are almost always moving. I had so many pictures that didn't turn out because they were a little too blurry.
One of the snowplows from the highway department. They always have blades that have been painted up by kids in the local schools with different scenes. This one turned out the best.
Wrapping up with a closeup of the ball they drop at the local news years celebration. A idea they got from the New York celebration I suspect.
All in all it was interesting. Lots of people, the weather was cool but not bad. Despite pushing the camera farther to get better pictures at night, I guess I still need to go farther! Eventually I'll get it. A newer camera would probably make it easier!