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.

This was a delightful float from Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Oregon, but it was impossible to get the whole thing in the frame from this distance.

Chief, Confederated Tribes, posted earlier: