The inaugural Mardi Gras parade for 2007, the Island Mystics parade on Dauphin Island met with a good bit of rain which dampened participants and revelers alike, but not the spirits of all who turned out for the event.
This year's parade was held to honor our troops in uniform around the world. A float for each branch of the armed services paid tribute. With a theme like that, could a little rain really be a problem? Not hardly.
Revelers lined Bienville Boulevard from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab to the Little Red Shcoolhouse. They waited under whatever shelter they'd brought along as the Air Force airplane float, the Navy ship float and an Army tank among others made their way down the route.
And their wait was rewarded with throws aplenty - Moon Pies and beads. They're a tradition for America's Family Mardi Gras.