Greetings everyone, Tonight is the push into fat Tuesday(Mardi Gras) Tonight the parades kick into full swing. As a person who went to the parades since I was born until I moved away at 10yrs old. I moved back in 82. We started to go back to the parades when my nice was born then my grandaughter and grandson were born. I guess we went for the first 19yrs of their life. It is a blast, I must admit. But now that the kids are grown and are older there's no since in going. But This yr my nice who is 20 now just came back from collage and she and my mom and my aunt ask us (my wife and I) will go to mardi Gras this yr. Now that my mom and my aunt are in there late 60s it seems like a nice thing to do. Get together with my family and go picnic all day long and watch the beautiful double deckers floats and the huge semi truck floats. Man it is a site to see. I guess it is a tradition in our family. Now that only a few of us are alive it will be nice to get together. I mean we have spring time weather in the 70s. We will make a huge picnic basket, get some Popeye's chicken (another tradition) and spend the whole day out in the beautiful weather. Where we go is in a city about 30 miles out of New Orleans. It's mainly family's, all doing what we will be doing. We will get a spot around 8am on the neutral ground spread out a huge blanket and mark our territory. Just enjoy the day God has made (if God's willing) it is still 5days away, and alot can happen between now and then. So like I said if it is Gods will, we will all be together. I guess I really didn't have a question. But now that I think about it, many people have a problem with Mardi Gras. They say it is a pagan holiday and one should not celebrate it. Even to take part in it. As you can see I don't believe so. I think it is nice to be able to get together with family and friend and spend the day together watching the parades having a picnic. What do y'all think??