It's Swarm Days here in Spearfish.
No, no, it's not that bad. Some college kids played football. A band played music for tailgaters across the creek.
Bands did not, alas, play in the Black Hills State University homecoming parade, at least none that I heard. The Divine Miss K and I walked (walked! walked! oh, the traveling we do by foot in our new urban life!) downtown to see the parade and grab some candy. Five-year-old legs, of course, usually arrive late, so we didn't see all of the parade entries.
Still, we didn't hear any marching bands down Fifth Street. The general consensus from Heidelberger parade viewers: if you're gonna march, you've got to have at least a fife and drum, if not a few high school bands blowing and banging for all they're worth. Let's round up some bands next year!
It was perfect parade weather, with plenty of sun and summer still in the air. I missed getting band videos (point for Trojan Days back home!), but I did get some pictures of my new closer neighbors parading under a brilliant Black Hills sky.
