We attended the Grand Floral Parade, the highlight of the Portland Rose Festival, on Saturday. I haven’t been to a parade in a long time and really just went for something to photograph, but in the end was glad that I did. Living overseas as much as we have, it’s easy to forget what America and its people are all about, but this very multiethnic event was a good reminder.

The beautiful, world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales. I simply couldn’t get all eight in the hitch plus the wagon in the frame from my limited space on the street, so a picture of the wagon and Dalmatian will follow.

‘Play outside OREGON,’ posted earlier: