In Vermont, You Gotta Be Traditional (And A Bit Weird) On Fourth Of July

The annual Bristol, Vermont Fourth of July parade is
preceded by the Great Annual Outhouse Race.  

For the Fourth of July this year, Jeff and me trekked down to the pleasant town of Bristol, Vermont to meet my sister and brother in law for the Fourth of July parade.

You can't get more traditional than this.
Of course, I brought my camera so you can scroll down and see some of the images for yourself.

Bristol has a nice little downtown with old buildings in the hills of Vermont, and the parade has the usual assortment of fire trucks, horses and the other things you'd expect in a classic Fourth of July parade.

This being Vermont, though, it also gets weird.

It looks like the calvary has arrived for the Bristol,
Vermont Fourth of July parade.  

Before the parade starts, there's the Outhouse Race, in which people build outhouse like contraptions and hurl down the main street of Bristol, with someone sitting inside the "outhouse" of course.

And you get some clowns and some, um, fashion statements.

You can't get through a Vermont Fourth of July without a little flair, right?

Clowning around at the Bristol, Vermont Fourth
of July parade.  

This determined guy was also in
the parade 

Here's quite a fashion statement
at the Bristol, Vermont
Fourth of July parade 

Miss Vermont adds a bit of glamour
to the Bristol, Vermont Fourth of July parade.