Friendswood 4th of July Parade 2023
Ready for the annual Fwood 4th of July parade at Castlewood and Fwood Drive with a police car parked in our usual staging area
Looking toward Stevenson Park and the parade endpoint off in the distance
Coast Guard helicopter provides some breeze in the 88° temp (feels like 97°)
First police car signals the start of the parade
Knights of Columbus Color Guard always marches the flag on the 4th
The older Knights ride in the float bedecked in full uniform
No Grand Marshall again this year so begin with the Mayor & City Council
Mayor Mike in a 1972 Pontiac LeMans Sport convertible!
Council Member Trish Hanks in the 1971 Pontiac GTO
Council Member Robert Griffon in the 1955 Chevy Corvette Roadster
Recently elected Council Member Joe Matranga in the new Ford Bronco
Council Member Sally Branson in the new Ford Bronco
Council Member Steve Rockey in the new Ford Bronco
Steve takes a photo of me briefly posing before taking more photos
Fwood & LC's Precinct 4 Constable Justin West
Galveston County 405th District Court Judge Jared Robinson
Fwood & LC's Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace Kathleen McCumber
Hank Dugie, Co. Treasurer, & Jimmy Fullen hopes to be your next Sheriff
State Senator Mayes Middleton walks behind the SUV . . . applause
Fwood & LC's TX District 24 State Representative Greg Bonnen
TX District 129 (Harris Co. Fwood, Webster, JSC) ST Rep Dennis Paul
First float is Keep Fwood Beautiful entry towed by a newer John Deere
Later awarded the Best Overall Float for the 2023 Fwood 4th Parade
Annual Chamber of Commerce Raffle Car is a new Ford Bronco Sport
New TEBA Treasurer Robert & wife Phyllis in the back seat
Next in line is the first wave of corvettes
Love the color blue on this brand new 8th Generation vette
Houston Rockets badged 7th Generation vette
The only 3rd Generation vette and no 2nd Generation vettes present
Miss Galveston County looks great in a 7th Generation corvette
1939 Chevy Truck stepside with whitewall tires
Brad would approve!
Abe Lincoln & Lady Liberty stop briefly to talk with constituents
Minuteman soldier escorts the first youth gymnastics entry
Fwood Cheerleaders begin the extensive local high school presence
Football team rides on a vehicle able to handle their hefty girth
All walk, but the football team, including the high school color guard
Fwood Color Guard continues . . . football team walks during mile runs
Fwood HS Band plays patriotic songs as they march past
Fwood HS Drill Team, the 25 time National Champion Wranglerettes
Fwood Youth LaCrosse team has both boy and girl members of the team
Fwood Youth Football Team Colts with Cheerleaders amble on by
Rebecca Millo wants to be your next GalCo 10th District Court Judge
The new age Ghostbusters are next with their more economical Toyota
Anothr Home Dog Grooming option in the Fwood area
Witness Miss Liberty walk the route for the first time since 2011!
Fwood EMS and Firetrucks arrive with sirens blaring
New $1.5 Million ladder truck now that Fwood has a 4 story building
Engine E22 has the Fwood 8U Allstar baseball team aboard
Battleship Texas' mobile machine float is also in drydock
Very few Pearl Harbor Survivors so Sons & Daughters keep it remembered
Fancy Saturn Sky tows the Fwood Parade favorite Calliope
It rolls by playing that favorite circus song once again
My Cub Scout Pack 442 with one member representing 1975 me, walking
Fwood's Perfect Game Baseball Association Youth Tourney Champs
Fwood Girl Scout Troops with Daisies, Brownies and Juniors onboard
LRF Royals are Queen Sophie, Alt Queen Eleanor & Captain Luke
Ray Nolen also wants to be Sheriff of Galveston County
And he has 4 separate vehicles (2 shown) proclaiming it
Be Someone Sports promote youth basketball & volleyball leagues
Not the best look riding in a british car on the 4th of July
A boy sings for Pinch Me This Studio (Sing, Act, Dance & Perform)
Sweet 1968 International C-Series pickup
Nice John Deere tractor way forward of the rest of the antique tractors
My camera chokes on this image of a 1947 GMC Truck
Lt. Col Machol's truck has a new WWII Vet, 97 year old Bill Kongable
Bluebonnet Military Motor Pool takes center stage
First ever viewing of a 1945 Volkswagen Type 82 Kübelwagen
Might also be referred to as Herbert the War Bug
The antique tractors make the scene with a gray International Harvestor taking the lead minus the John Deere that rode before the military pool vehicles
This gray tractor is a Ferguson, so two companies sporting gray
More firetrucks carrying more all star baseball teams but no softball
Fwood's Antique Firetruck carries the Miniature Schnauzer Rescue Group
Scott is aghast the Fwood Youth Football has replaced Chiefs with Broncos
Broncos Cheerleaders happy to wear blue instead of red color uniforms
Three Little Pitties Rescue group for neglected pitbull dogs
Wow, they, and a whole lot of donors, really love pitbulls!
Another youth sports league (didn't photo the organization name)
Fwood Library has their own Honda Odyssey minivan
Buffalo Catering given a pass for the nice inflatable buffalo float
Elite Mrs. Forever Beautiful Texas USA Susan Hefner
Fwood Youth Swim Team knows how to Swim Fast!
Fwood Girls Youth Athletic Group . . . Gynastics? Softball?
Scott & his patriotic tattoo before departing before another batch of corvettes
Not sure if they are the prior batch who looped around to roll again
6U Blue World Series Bound all star baseball team (teeball league)
American Heritage Girls (faith based girl scouts started in 2013)
Trail Life USA (faith based boy scouts started in 2013)
Preventive Pest Control catches eyes with their vivid green company car
An eye catching 1963 Cadillac Coupe DeVille
Finally notice Billy Gibbons' coupe across the street, here for the parade
Another Fwood Perfect Game Baseball Association champion select team
Homeland Security Color Guard marches to monitor school board meetings
Sweet red 1955 Chevy 210
Catch the back with the antique 1955 lisence plate
Airway Dentists aid Sleep Disordered Breathing w/a humongous truck!
LC's Trail Life troop rolls down the Fwood parade route
Just learned that Futsal is soccer played on a basketball court
8 passenger golf cart w/luggage rack for those short distance holiday trips
Sweet 1957 Oldsmobile 88
The two tone white and black is a crowd pleaser!
A third Trail Life USA troop rolls by, only my old troop remained BSA
Aggie hunting, touristy or party vehicle easily carries 10 & controlled up top
ADCO Forestry shows off their shiny backhoe & new growth capabilities
Family celebrates the 4th and advertises daddy's golf cart business
Fwood's Director of Parks & Recreation, James Toney!
4th of July Steering Committee Chair, Barbara Blanchard
Fwood Parks & Rec vehicles conclude the parade . . . w/o any horses
The final Parks & Rec vehicle inspire onlookers to start packing up
Canopies are taken down & vehicle loaded up as the final police cars pass
Parade continues on to Stevenson Park where the carnival, market, food & beverage sales begin
Castlewood viewing area starts moving on to the park or their vehicles
It will be a wait before the intersection opens up again
First time we had a police car blocking the intersection
Rio can tell I've been outside awhile without her
Twin patriotic gin martinis to celebrate the 4th back at home
Parade entry winners announced later in the day
Meanwhile, in Tomball, the five cousins get together at Ahma's
They love to get together as often as they can
Erin, the 2nd youngest, is still the tallest but Tor is working on changing that
This is more fun that watching cars drive by for over an hour in 110° heat!
Ready for the annual Fwood 4th of July parade at Castlewood and Fwood Drive with a police car parked in our usual staging area
Looking toward Stevenson Park and the parade endpoint off in the distance
Coast Guard helicopter provides some breeze in the 88° temp (feels like 97°)
First police car signals the start of the parade
Knights of Columbus Color Guard always marches the flag on the 4th
The older Knights ride in the float bedecked in full uniform
No Grand Marshall again this year so begin with the Mayor & City Council
Mayor Mike in a 1972 Pontiac LeMans Sport convertible!
Council Member Trish Hanks in the 1971 Pontiac GTO
Council Member Robert Griffon in the 1955 Chevy Corvette Roadster
Recently elected Council Member Joe Matranga in the new Ford Bronco
Council Member Sally Branson in the new Ford Bronco
Council Member Steve Rockey in the new Ford Bronco
Steve takes a photo of me briefly posing before taking more photos
Fwood & LC's Precinct 4 Constable Justin West
Galveston County 405th District Court Judge Jared Robinson
Fwood & LC's Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace Kathleen McCumber
Hank Dugie, Co. Treasurer, & Jimmy Fullen hopes to be your next Sheriff
State Senator Mayes Middleton walks behind the SUV . . . applause
Fwood & LC's TX District 24 State Representative Greg Bonnen
TX District 129 (Harris Co. Fwood, Webster, JSC) ST Rep Dennis Paul
First float is Keep Fwood Beautiful entry towed by a newer John Deere
Later awarded the Best Overall Float for the 2023 Fwood 4th Parade
Annual Chamber of Commerce Raffle Car is a new Ford Bronco Sport
New TEBA Treasurer Robert & wife Phyllis in the back seat
Next in line is the first wave of corvettes
Love the color blue on this brand new 8th Generation vette
Houston Rockets badged 7th Generation vette
The only 3rd Generation vette and no 2nd Generation vettes present
Miss Galveston County looks great in a 7th Generation corvette
1939 Chevy Truck stepside with whitewall tires
Brad would approve!
Abe Lincoln & Lady Liberty stop briefly to talk with constituents
Minuteman soldier escorts the first youth gymnastics entry
Fwood Cheerleaders begin the extensive local high school presence
Football team rides on a vehicle able to handle their hefty girth
All walk, but the football team, including the high school color guard
Fwood Color Guard continues . . . football team walks during mile runs
Fwood HS Band plays patriotic songs as they march past
Fwood HS Drill Team, the 25 time National Champion Wranglerettes
Fwood Youth LaCrosse team has both boy and girl members of the team
Fwood Youth Football Team Colts with Cheerleaders amble on by
Rebecca Millo wants to be your next GalCo 10th District Court Judge
The new age Ghostbusters are next with their more economical Toyota
Anothr Home Dog Grooming option in the Fwood area
Witness Miss Liberty walk the route for the first time since 2011!
Fwood EMS and Firetrucks arrive with sirens blaring
New $1.5 Million ladder truck now that Fwood has a 4 story building
Engine E22 has the Fwood 8U Allstar baseball team aboard
Battleship Texas' mobile machine float is also in drydock
Very few Pearl Harbor Survivors so Sons & Daughters keep it remembered
Fancy Saturn Sky tows the Fwood Parade favorite Calliope
It rolls by playing that favorite circus song once again
My Cub Scout Pack 442 with one member representing 1975 me, walking
Fwood's Perfect Game Baseball Association Youth Tourney Champs
Fwood Girl Scout Troops with Daisies, Brownies and Juniors onboard
LRF Royals are Queen Sophie, Alt Queen Eleanor & Captain Luke
Ray Nolen also wants to be Sheriff of Galveston County
And he has 4 separate vehicles (2 shown) proclaiming it
Be Someone Sports promote youth basketball & volleyball leagues
Not the best look riding in a british car on the 4th of July
A boy sings for Pinch Me This Studio (Sing, Act, Dance & Perform)
Sweet 1968 International C-Series pickup
Nice John Deere tractor way forward of the rest of the antique tractors
My camera chokes on this image of a 1947 GMC Truck
Lt. Col Machol's truck has a new WWII Vet, 97 year old Bill Kongable
Bluebonnet Military Motor Pool takes center stage
First ever viewing of a 1945 Volkswagen Type 82 Kübelwagen
Might also be referred to as Herbert the War Bug
The antique tractors make the scene with a gray International Harvestor taking the lead minus the John Deere that rode before the military pool vehicles
This gray tractor is a Ferguson, so two companies sporting gray
More firetrucks carrying more all star baseball teams but no softball
Fwood's Antique Firetruck carries the Miniature Schnauzer Rescue Group
Scott is aghast the Fwood Youth Football has replaced Chiefs with Broncos
Broncos Cheerleaders happy to wear blue instead of red color uniforms
Three Little Pitties Rescue group for neglected pitbull dogs
Wow, they, and a whole lot of donors, really love pitbulls!
Another youth sports league (didn't photo the organization name)
Fwood Library has their own Honda Odyssey minivan
Buffalo Catering given a pass for the nice inflatable buffalo float
Elite Mrs. Forever Beautiful Texas USA Susan Hefner
Fwood Youth Swim Team knows how to Swim Fast!
Fwood Girls Youth Athletic Group . . . Gynastics? Softball?
Scott & his patriotic tattoo before departing before another batch of corvettes
Not sure if they are the prior batch who looped around to roll again
6U Blue World Series Bound all star baseball team (teeball league)
American Heritage Girls (faith based girl scouts started in 2013)
Trail Life USA (faith based boy scouts started in 2013)
Preventive Pest Control catches eyes with their vivid green company car
An eye catching 1963 Cadillac Coupe DeVille
Finally notice Billy Gibbons' coupe across the street, here for the parade
Another Fwood Perfect Game Baseball Association champion select team
Homeland Security Color Guard marches to monitor school board meetings
Sweet red 1955 Chevy 210
Catch the back with the antique 1955 lisence plate
Airway Dentists aid Sleep Disordered Breathing w/a humongous truck!
LC's Trail Life troop rolls down the Fwood parade route
Just learned that Futsal is soccer played on a basketball court
8 passenger golf cart w/luggage rack for those short distance holiday trips
Sweet 1957 Oldsmobile 88
The two tone white and black is a crowd pleaser!
A third Trail Life USA troop rolls by, only my old troop remained BSA
Aggie hunting, touristy or party vehicle easily carries 10 & controlled up top
ADCO Forestry shows off their shiny backhoe & new growth capabilities
Family celebrates the 4th and advertises daddy's golf cart business
Fwood's Director of Parks & Recreation, James Toney!
4th of July Steering Committee Chair, Barbara Blanchard
Fwood Parks & Rec vehicles conclude the parade . . . w/o any horses
The final Parks & Rec vehicle inspire onlookers to start packing up
Canopies are taken down & vehicle loaded up as the final police cars pass
Parade continues on to Stevenson Park where the carnival, market, food & beverage sales begin
Castlewood viewing area starts moving on to the park or their vehicles
It will be a wait before the intersection opens up again
First time we had a police car blocking the intersection
Rio can tell I've been outside awhile without her
Twin patriotic gin martinis to celebrate the 4th back at home
Parade entry winners announced later in the day
Meanwhile, in Tomball, the five cousins get together at Ahma's
They love to get together as often as they can
Erin, the 2nd youngest, is still the tallest but Tor is working on changing that
This is more fun that watching cars drive by for over an hour in 110° heat!