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Log 12.20.96 - Milepost 78,360
The Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
RoadTrip America was interviewed today by the Los
Angeles Times and the Pasadena Star-News. Marvin, who
was sporting a chic new haircut, posed nicely for the
photographers. Tomorrow, dozens of volunteers will be
on hand to apply seeds, dried flowers, bark, and other
non- perishable organic decorations to the floats in the
Bookside Pavilion.
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Log 12.21.96 - Milepost 78,360
The Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Today we learned how T.O.R.R.A., the Tournament of
Roses Radio Amateurs, uses Global Positioning Satellite
receivers to track the location of parade floats, and
we met Gayle & Bob Hackamack, fellow road warriors
who've spent a year traveling to Alaska, Mexico, and many
points in between.
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Log 12.22.96 - Milepost 78,360
The Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
A rainstorm blew through Los Angeles, but it's moved
on, leaving clear skies. More volunteers have arrived
at the Rose Bowl, and the 50 oarsmen who will ride on
Thailand's float practiced elaborate rowing routines and
chanting.
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Log 12.23.96 -Milepost 78,360
The Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Today we were interviewed by
the staff of Rampage, the student newspaper at Temple
City High School. Float builders showed us the inside
of their trucks, where they are storing decorating materials
like raspberry powder, corn meal, and colorful spices
used to cover the surface of the floats. Tonight the float
built by students at California State Polytechnic University
will arrive after its journey from Pomona, California.
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Log 12.24.96 - Milepost 78,360
The Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
California State Polytechnic University's float arrived
in Pasadena at four a.m. Now that the full complement
of floats has taken up residence at Brookside Pavilion,
decorating will start in earnest.
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Log 12.25.96 - Milepost 78,360
The Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Pasadena enjoyed the best weather in North America
today: sunny, warm and clear. The Rose Bowl parking lot
was a popular testing ground for dozens of Christmas bicycles,
in-line skates, and toy cars. Float decorators started
trickling in in the afternoon. By tomorrow their numbers
will swell into the hundreds. Merry Christmas!
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Log 12.26.96 - Milepost 78,360
The Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
The weather turned a little cooler, and rain threatened,
but that didn't dampen the spirits of the hundreds of
volunteers who turned out to work on the Rose Parade floats
housed at Brookside Pavilion.
