The Santa Barbara 4 wheel Drive Club once again volunteered to pull the eight major floats in this year’s 101st Fiesta Parade.
The parade is the largest equestrian event of its kind in the nation with over 400 horses in it this year. It is the main fiesta event attended by thousands of locals, families and visitors that line the Cabrillo parade route along the beachfront.
There were also numerous vintage horse-drawn carriages carrying this years’ Grand Marshalls Marta Holsman Babson and Henrietta Holsman Fore as well as local dignitaries from our Mayor Randy Rowse to local business leaders, mounted law enforcement officers and longtime fiesta supporters.
Our club had a mixture of experienced and first-timer volunteer float pullers.
This year’s volunteers were:
Dick,
Darrell,
Kirk,
Brent,
LIz,
Oliver,
Kristina,
Jason.
Special thanks goes to Tim who again was the club’s liaison to the city officials and the Old Spanish Days Committees to make sure all went smoothly and that we were on the same page.
Additionally, this year we were fortunate to have a substantial police escort early Saturday morning when we also had the responsibility of returning the 8 floats to the Carriage Museum parking lot. The officers stalled traffic, blocked intersections and kept us moving all the way back.
The weather was beautiful with temps in the mid 70’s . All in all it was a well run, smooth experience that was enjoyed by everyone.