The March is ON!!

I decided to take a few days off of work, so when I woke up this morning the first thing I thought about was what I am going to do with all my new found free time. Then I remembered the protest planned for today, so I quickly got dressed and hustled down to Paul's house. He lives right down the street from Jastro Park, and when I asked him if he wanted to go down there with me to support the protestors, he got all excited, ran back in the house, and a few minutes later came out looking like this.




















Then he grabbed a plastic bag so he could pick up all the recycling that he knew would be left behind.

When we first got to the park, things were still getting organized.















A lot of people had American flags, and Mexican flags, and United Farm Workers flags, but this dude had the biggest flag of all.



That was about the time the helicopter showed up and started circling. It was close to 11:00 at the time; it’s nearly 1:00 and that damn helicopter is still circling. It’s driving me nuts.



Anyway, I ran down the street to take pictures while Paul picked up empty bottles and cans.



I thought it was cool that there was a mix of ethnic cultures and background there, and for the most part everyone seemed to be getting along.







There were a few people standing around protesting the protesters, but I didn’t take any pictures of them. I did, however, take a picture of this guy - who obviously didn’t have a clue about what was going on.



Then I ran back down the street to try and get some pictures of the whole street.



At the pace these people are walking it's going to take them all day.



I finally decided to walk home and lie down for a while.



Cheering protestors is hard work.