{"id":12120,"date":"2019-01-22T08:29:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T14:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=12120"},"modified":"2019-01-22T11:58:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T17:58:19","slug":"marching-in-tulsas-2019-martin-luther-king-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=12120","title":{"rendered":"Marching in Tulsa’s 2019 Martin Luther King Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tulsa has a big Martin Luther King Day parade every year in the Greenwood Area north of downtown. I’ve known it was there and I’ve had a couple of employers who sponsor floats and encourage employees to march together but I had never done it mainly because it is dang cold in January, right!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So this year I broke out of my comfort zone and signed up and got a nifty jacket with a hoodie to wear. I rode the shuttle bus from work up to the staging area and spent the next hour and a half freezing like a popsickle while talking with coworkers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I checked out Tulsa Health Department float while waiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And here is the ONEGAS Float.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finally we went to get in position and off we went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And it was fun. Lots of people along the way waving so we waved back. Lots of kids were begging for candy and I guess that used to be done and the organizers ended the practice for some reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n