Did I mention that it was a citrus festival?!

Nearly all of the floats had slices of grapefruit and oranges on them. The slices looked real, and when we asked the people around us some said they were from fruit, and others said they aren't...so there you have it!

I love a parade!

February 6th 2010
(Shining Light Ministries) We went to the Citrus Festival in Mission two weekends ago~~we skipped most of the Mexican food (we’ve had plenty of that already!) but we did enjoy the parade. It was two hours long, and had 203 floats! I’m not kidding! And there wasn’t a tractor or combine to be seen! The whole festival featured the crops grown in the Rio Grande Valley, but there were fire t ... read more

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