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Went to the Pat's victory parade yesterday. I took my daughter (14) and 6 of her friends plus we ran into a couple of boys from their school so there ended up being 10 of us all together. When we got to the train station about 9am it was jammin. The number of Charlie Card machines was not enough to keep up with all of the people trying to buy tickets and one was out of service and two were "No Cash" machines which didn't work for the hundreds of kids who skipped school and were trying to get to the parade. I felt bad for the people who were trying to get to work. Here's a quick snap of the chaos at the T stop. Eventually, most people gave up on the machines and just rushed the gates. Everyone knows if you wave your arm on the other side of the gate it thinks someone is exiting and opens up...
Because our stop is at the end of the line, we didn't have a problem getting on the train but it was packed and people at subsequent stops had to wait for the next one. My daughter (on the left) and some of her "squad".
[url=https://flic.kr/p/QJ1PV6]
As soon as we exited the train station the girls were off. I had told them the general area to stay in and didn't plan on chaperoning the whole time - just being in the general area in case there was a problem.
[url=https://flic.kr/p/QJ1PMv]
I staked out a spot under some scaffolding on Tremont St. so I could stay out of the snow. There was a nice big puddle right in front of me that prevented anyone from blocking too much of my view. It was crowded but not crazy yet, about 2 hours before the parade was expected to reach this area:
[url=https://flic.kr/p/QJ1Noi]
The girls ended up moving around a lot but they were usually in sight:
[url=https://flic.kr/p/QJ1NNX]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/QJ1NR2]
Lot of teenage boys around so they were having a great time. The snow was starting and it was cold so the Patriots gear was out in full force. Some more creative than others:
[url=https://flic.kr/p/QJ1NfH]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/RJqunS]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/RJqvE1]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/QJ1N5n]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/RJquz5]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/RJquKq]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/RM58J8]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/QJ1PnH]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/QJ1NCg]
BPD was very visible. You could not look anywhere without seeing at least 3 cops. They were working hard, very vigilant but also very friendly with the families and polite even when telling some idiots that no, they should not climb the scaffolding!
[url=https://flic.kr/p/RJqv7Y]
The snow turned to rain right as we were expecting the parade but it miraculously stopped right before the first truck! The girls took shelter under my umbrella because they were too cool to join me under the scaffolding with all the other sane adults.
[url=https://flic.kr/p/RJqu2b]
You probably expected pics of the actual parade... coming up in the next post![/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url]
Because our stop is at the end of the line, we didn't have a problem getting on the train but it was packed and people at subsequent stops had to wait for the next one. My daughter (on the left) and some of her "squad".
[url=https://flic.kr/p/QJ1PV6]
As soon as we exited the train station the girls were off. I had told them the general area to stay in and didn't plan on chaperoning the whole time - just being in the general area in case there was a problem.
[url=https://flic.kr/p/QJ1PMv]
I staked out a spot under some scaffolding on Tremont St. so I could stay out of the snow. There was a nice big puddle right in front of me that prevented anyone from blocking too much of my view. It was crowded but not crazy yet, about 2 hours before the parade was expected to reach this area:
[url=https://flic.kr/p/QJ1Noi]
The girls ended up moving around a lot but they were usually in sight:
[url=https://flic.kr/p/QJ1NNX]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/QJ1NR2]
Lot of teenage boys around so they were having a great time. The snow was starting and it was cold so the Patriots gear was out in full force. Some more creative than others:
[url=https://flic.kr/p/QJ1NfH]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/RJqunS]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/RJqvE1]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/QJ1N5n]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/RJquz5]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/RJquKq]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/RM58J8]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/QJ1PnH]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/QJ1NCg]
BPD was very visible. You could not look anywhere without seeing at least 3 cops. They were working hard, very vigilant but also very friendly with the families and polite even when telling some idiots that no, they should not climb the scaffolding!
[url=https://flic.kr/p/RJqv7Y]
The snow turned to rain right as we were expecting the parade but it miraculously stopped right before the first truck! The girls took shelter under my umbrella because they were too cool to join me under the scaffolding with all the other sane adults.
[url=https://flic.kr/p/RJqu2b]
You probably expected pics of the actual parade... coming up in the next post![/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url][/url]
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