Parade Number One.

Thursday, July 3rd was my first parade as a candidate for public office. I've been in parades before, for KLKS, on various floats, as an actor, and as an announcer in the booth talking about parades. But something about Nisswa was different. Probably I was the one who was different. I started walking the parade route early, handing out stickers and talking to people. Nothing about the conversation was all that deep and certainly not all that political and I guess I was surprised at how many people knew something about my life, the new political part, the old radio days, or Mom. And it became much like a large outdoor party chatting with friends about stuff, some inconsequential, some vitally important. I wondered how I would adapt to being the center of attention in my small portion of the parade and my biggest regret was that I couldn't stop and talk to everyone. My feet didn't hurt, my legs weren't sore, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself.