"Welcome to Gasparilla 2012 ...
... sooooo, let the pARTy Day begin ...
... looks like float-people ...
... & my 1st pARTy Bead Belt --- COOL! ...
... I'll be back here ...
... even fancy pARTy Trash containers ...
... just a super view ...
... my 1st pARTy Beer Dispensing Facility ...
... but my "favorite" pARTy Dispensing Station ...
... & pARTy Crew ...
... pARTy Bikes work early in the day ...
... butt, butt, butt --- no butts! ...
... pARTy Zone #1 of many to come ...
... 'rented' private pARTy Zone on the East Side of Parade Route (Bay Side) of the route ...
... 1%-ers pARTy on the West side of the Parade Route ...
... one of 2 or 3 good food vendors ...
... this pARTy Space will be gone soon ...
... blah, blah, blah food vendors ...
... yum, yum, yum food vendor ...
... this pARTy Zone will be rockin' on the return walk ...
... a true 1%-er for sure ...
... BYOB is the norm ...
... Drunk 1, Drunk 2, & Drunk 3 (with escort) ...
... a pARTy Wall - yahoo! ...
... 'Red Solo Cup' pARTy Song time ...
... pARTy Zones varied ...
... just looked toooo pretty not to capture on camera ...
... Alyssa's pARTy Zone? ...
... pARTy Pirates with Flair ...
... where are you Alyssa? ...
... 4 miles (& 2 hours) later W. Bay To Bay Blvd ...
... the parade float prep zone ...
... drinking/pARTy Game Zone ...
... apartments on the Bay - COOL! ...
... the ball is up there somewhere ...
... the 4+ mile 'return' pARTy Trek begins ...
... what kind of tree is this? ...
... I assume there are pARTy Adventures down the side streets ...
... one & only beer bong I saw ...
... used up one of my WOW's for the day here ...
... a pARTy Pirate Wave is always appreciated ...
... bike-friendly is a nice touch ...
... pARTy Pirate Flair makes it all that much better ...
... lots of pARTy Beverage Dispensing locations ...
... not ALL walls are for sitting ...
... but this one is a pARTy Wall ...
... another pARTy Wall ...
... I hope Car 179 does not have to leave soon ...
... I have seen wider sidewalks ...
... this IS a pARTy Zone ...
... I passed b 4 the pARTy Crowd got there ...
... 15th Annual --- I like it ...
... hmmmm, is that a knife on his belt? ...
... remember this pARTy Corner ...
... another pARTy Yard ...
... just look at those 1%-ers ...
... check out the "mini" corn hole ...
... complete with mini bags ...
... bead catchers in the waiting ...
... longest balls I have ever seen ...
... yummy looking food ...
... my turn to eat ...
... some pARTy Food ...
... can't sit here, I tried ...
... private 1%-er guards were plentiful ...
... this 1% must work for NATO ...
... private pARTy Taco's ...
... another great Yard pARTy ...
... & here's the pARTy Proof ...
... I wanna pARTy with these guys ...
... a Yarr'd pARTy, I like it! ...
... I wanna pARTy with the Capt'n too ...
... or maybe just her ...
... great pARTy Lookout ...
... I was wrong -- another beer bong (horn?) ...
... chug, chug, chug, chug ...
... viewing/bead catching tables (smart!) ...
... can't walk any further ...
... pARTy Gods found me a way ...
... a-hoooy, pARTy Boaters ahead! ...
... pARTy Boat cruizin' loop ...
... i guess these boats come with the houses ...
... lot easier walking this side ...
... & a whole new pARTy Crowd ...
... my kinda pARTy Boat ...
... headin' to the pARTy Park Zone ...
... how did they do that grafitti? ...
... the pARTy Park ...
... great pARTy Parking spot ...
... I was surprised that ...
... the floats ended the parade route ...
... next to my ...
... "thought-my-day-was-over-resting wall ...
... with a couple Rough Rider Krewe pARTy Dudes ...
... the pARTy Gods ...
... are sooooo good to me ...
... got all my pARTy Beads ...
... after I quit for the day ...
... & no competition ...
... & what a view ...
... eye contact with all the pARTy Krewe Pirates ...
... & no pARTy Stress ...
... they give great pARTy Beads too ...
... what creativity ...
... complete with Tampa background ...
... not to mention the costumes ...
... did I mention the pARTy Hotties? ...
... even when it's over they keep-a-marchin' ...
... I think she got a tan line today ...
... & they kept me in pARTy Smiles ...
... now THAT's a tow truck ...
... pARTy WOW! (used of lot of WOW's today)...
... it's like my personal viewing stand ...
... another pARTy smile ...
... this poor guy broke down at the end ...
... better at the end though ...
... skyscraper wing-man ...
... live pARTy Music zone ...
... it's quitin' time!"
