New Jersey Parade

I believe the parade went rather well. I dropped my rifle once; I wasn't the only one to do so, so I don't feel to bad about it. We got our picture taken with Ms. New Jersey, which seems to be the norm with the Silver Dolphins- they also have pictures of them with Ms. Connecticut and one other, I believe it's Ms. Massachusets. It's the goal of the team to get pictures of all the New England Ms.s. She was pretty, but in a very manufactured, Barbie-doll kind of way. She was also married, to the dissappointment of many on the team. You overhear lots of funny things from people in the crowd, from "They're not REAL Sailors!" to "You guys are HEROS!".
Tomorrow we have a parade in new York! It's twice as long as yesterday's (this one's going to be about five miles). This is a good thing, because I was dissapointed when the parade ended yesterday; I thought it was much too short. What isn't a good thing is the leaving at 0400-ness. It's not too bad, because you can sleep in the van (if you're not driving), except you can't sleep to heavily or the other guys will do something to you. Stay tuned to find out what happens next!
-The Albatross