OK, so despite my last post — or maybe because of it — Kiddo excitedly asked any of her friends if they wanted to join her in the parade. Because it was last minute, no one else was available but I stood by my promise to go if she wanted. She wore her tiara and painted her nails (rainbow polka-dots on one hand, “PRIDE” on the other).
Having never been, we weren’t sure exactly what the process was but we knew groups would be gathered along Pandora and Broad streets. Shawn dropped us on the Douglas side of City Hall and we wandered in search of people we knew to join. I had open invites to walk with both the Labour group and the Lisa Helps group, plus we knew people walking with other floats and groups too. The easiest to find was the large Labour contingent so we settled in there. Kiddo was so excited she couldn’t stand still. She kept herself busy by photobombing many, many photos.
We walked the whole route — Shawn joined us along the way, after taking photos of Lisa Helps and her group. There was some stop and go but it was fun and nice to see people we knew watching along the way. We didn’t stick around McDonald Park after but instead headed to a late brunch at Heron Rock Bistro before making our way back to the car and home.