Our first Mardi Gras in Mobile, led off by the Conde Cavaliers Parade. We have a relative in this parade, and that certainly seemed to be a good enough reason to drive to Mobile for the parade, and to see what all this Mardi Gras is about.
It’s not my first – That would be a hazy remembrance of marching in New Orleans. But it was our first in Mobile, and the experience was so positive that we immediately made plans to return 2 weeks later for the finale through Fat Tuesday.
It took a little while before our kids figured out what to do… Holding the bag open like at Halloween just didn’t work well. Eventually they picked up that you have to hold your hands up and shout, like the hands in the bottom of this picture.
I love that I was able to grab as many decent photos as I did. It was very dark, and those floats don’t sit still. Getting the shutter speed high enough to capture these was a real challenge, not to mention keeping the camera still while being bumped from all sides!