Catherine and Bob Join the Circus.

Catherine and I attended the Peru Circus Parade again this year.

  It was yesterday (Saturday, 7/23/16) and the weather was warm but otherwise ideal...big, fluffy clouds, light breezes, no rain.

 

 

We sat on Alex's porch and snacked and drank our way through the parade as usual.

 

Here are a few pictures from the parade:

 

They surely have the finest collection of antique circus wagons and being near Amish country it is easy to get draft horse teams to pull the wagons in the original fashion.

 

There were teams of "Belgians" (the blond ones), "Percherons" (the black ones) and "Clydesdales" (the really big ones with hairy feet).  

 

The stage coach was pulled by a matched team of four "Hackney ponies" (larger than Shetlands and slightly smaller than regular horse breeds).

There were several steam caliopes in the parade but I flubbed up the pictures of the others.

 

Catherine said that the girls riding the elephants were so attractive that some of the men did not realize there were actually elephants in the parade.

 

We had a wonderful time and spent the rest of the day at the pool and in the air conditioning.

 

 

Love,

 

Bob and Catherine