Cars, trucks, floats, you name it — if it had wheels, you probably saw it in the West Seattle Grand Parade. Including boats with wheels, like the Seafair Pirates‘ fabled Moby Duck:
![mobyduck.jpg](https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/mobyduck.jpg)
More parade wheels — human-powered, gas-powered, even 100% electric-powered (or so it said), after the click:
The Seattle Chinese Community Girls’ Drill Team had a dragon on wheels:
![drillteamdragon.jpg](https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/drillteamdragon.jpg)
Several WS businesses brought out their logo-festooned VWs, including Java Bean Coffee and Illusions Hair Design:
![javabeanvwbus.jpg](https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/javabeanvwbus.jpg)
![illusionsbug.jpg](https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/illusionsbug.jpg)
The Port Orchard Fathoms O’ Fun Princesses crossed the Sound to ride in these spiffy wheels:
![portorchardcar.jpg](https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/portorchardcar.jpg)
West Seattle’s King County Councilmember Dow Constantine (who you’ll see in another installment) brought along this electric car:
![dowanddems.jpg](https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/dowanddems.jpg)
WestSide Baby put a crib on wheels to plug next weekend’s “Stuff the Bus” diaper drive @ the Farmers’ Market:
![stuffbuscrib.jpg](https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/stuffbuscrib.jpg)
Pathfinder K-8 School showed off its unicyclists:
![pathfinderunicyclists.jpg](https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/pathfinderunicyclists.jpg)
No parade is complete without classic fire trucks; this one is a 1942 American LaFrance owned by Bill Ayer of West Seattle, with previous owners including the Port Townsend Fire Department and the U.S. Navy:
![porttownsendfiretruck.jpg](https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/porttownsendfiretruck.jpg)
And near the end of the parade, that surprise late entry we mentioned the night before the parade: A float modeled after the Pike Place Market‘s famous pig, celebrating the market’s centennial:
![pikeplacepig.jpg](https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/pikeplacepig.jpg)
Links to all our other parade photo posts:
First installment (unusual sights)
Second installment (The Kids)
Third installment (The Enforcers)
Fifth installment (The People)
Sixth/final installment (The Winners)
| 1 COMMENT