Tucson Parade

At first blush you may think this is about the parade of #1 seeds in the World Golf Championships who had to find their jet planes and head home. Tiger Woods. Rory McElroy. There will be more as the tournament progresses. I'll have more photos later.

One observation, and I wonder what it means for the next few days...

Tiger Woods, seen here on practice day, was easily the focus of half of those of us who tromped along the fairways during the tournament.  Yes,  more than half of the people there were watching one person. The other 63, and the TV and media personalities didn't come close.


A phenomenon.

The other big story in this town, yes 2 big events - even without counting U of A basketball, is the Tucson Rodeo.  Thursday was parade day.  Some schools were even closed for the parade (that doesn't happen in Albuquerque with the NM State Fair parade - why?).  Here are a couple shots of the parade starting with Grand Marshals Mark Kelly and Gabby Giffords..



Watching it all, numerous officials on horseback, and each horse or donkey pulled wagon had a wrangler walking alongside. Great event with community support in an area of Tucson that needs it, rather than high rolling multimillionaire golfers.