Swallows Day Parade 2024

The San Juan Capistrano Swallows Day Parade was held during a rare March downpour today. We didn't stay to see the whole thing, having worn non-waterproof hoodies.  

This pair stood out with their spectacular horses. 

Apart from that, we wandered around until we lit on a stall selling "Crab Fries."  We both ordered Crab Fries - for $24, which seemed a little steep. When the time came for them to hand them to us, the guy said, "There's two of you? And you both ordered the fries with crab?" We nodded, and he charged us another $28, saying that he would forgo the $4 he'd accidently left off the first charge. So we had two plates of French fries lightly scattered with crab meat for $52, to be eaten off paper plates in the pouring rain of the general milling-around area.

As STB said, "We'll probably be his only customers today so maybe that's fair."

Maybe. 

We also spent some time looking around the Blas Aguilar Adobe and talking to the lady about the museum collection.  That didn't cost us anything but was worth five times a plate of fries. 

Panhe, the Native American celebration in San Clemente, has been postponed due to the inclement (no pun intended) weather so we will have to outfox tomorrow's gale at home.