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Date:         Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:55:36 -0800
Reply-To:     PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rose Parade Pasadena & the Vanagon with a Z-bed
Comments: To: Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com>
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Here are the rules and regulations.<http://www.tournamentofroses.com/roseparade/paradefaqs.asp> Patti ********************************** On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com>wrote:

> Having grown up in nearby Sierra Madre, Monrovia & Glendora I went to many > Rose Parades over the years. I even marched down Colorado Blvd as a member > of Glendora HS Band one year (5.5 miles is a long way to haul a Sousaphone > ;-) ). > > Because I lived two to several miles away at the time, I always rode my > bicycle early in the morning to watch it. On a few New Years Eve nights I > would go down there with a sleeping bag to camp along Colorado Blvd and I > agree with Markus, fuggidabout parking on side streets from about the 28th > onwards, they'll be maxed out with every vehicle known to man or woman. > Pasadena usually looks the other way during that week, but camping on > Colorado Blvd is verbotten except on New Years Eve, period. No alcohol or > bonfires either and the place is usually swarming with Pasadena PD, Arcadia > PD, LA County Sheriff and California Highway Patrol from one end to the > other. Besides, the past few years it's been @#$%&*! freezing cold. > > I'm watching it on TV (local KTLA 5 is the best coverage and I think their > signal is simulcast on the Travel Channel for the out of towners,) again > this year, especially because Glendora HS is again marching in the parade. > Tartans forever...... > > If yer gonna personally view the parade, the best way is to make > reservations and park a motorhome (or a Westy, I've done it once) at PCC > (Pasadena Community College) parking lot right there on the boulevard a > week > or so before the parade and get tickets for the accompaning bleachers. > Can't get the time off for that these days or I'd do it again in my Westy > or > my Class C. Oh well....when I retire in a decade or so..... > -- > Jim Thompson > 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" > 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" > 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug" > Full Timing Since March 1999 > oldvolkshome@gmail.com > http://www.oldvolkshome.com > *********************************** > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Markus Mumper <markusmumper@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Rob, > > > > I lived in Pasadena for many years and went to one Rose Parade (one is > > enough). > > > > The only caveat I can think of is that Pasadena does not allow overnight > > parking on ANY city streets. I don't know if they would hastle you on New > > Year's but it is something to consider. > > > > As far as off-street parking - good luck. Pasadena gets filled to the > gills > > with out of towners. > > > > Some before hand planning will go a long way. > > > > Markus in Pismo Beach ('87 Westy (The Girl)). > > > > On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > I was looking at the maps and reading on line about the Rose Parade. > > > Pasadena is around a 17 hr drive from here. With a Vanagon as a place > > > to sleep, driving down on the 31st, sleeping in the bus on a side > > > street and watching the parade is not an impossible thing. > > > Probably not going to happen for me this year but.... > > > > > > There is always a learning curve. Anyone done this before? Folks > > > from around the area able to offer some advice? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > Rob > > > becida@comcast.net > > > Western WA state with a Subaru powered '84 Westy > > >


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