Supportive honking has been achieved; the crowd was smaller than last time, but they were enthusiastic. A few inflatable frogs and unicorns, who were big hits with the kids. I'm looking forward to seeing crowd shots from Oakland and SF; word of mouth was that a lot of folks went to the bigger events, which might help explain the decrease here.

I already had other plans with my sister. She sort of wondered aloud about going, but in the end we just drove by one of the local groups and made supportive noises and gestures. Still, my formerly Republican sister even thinking about going to one of these is a huge step. As we drove by she commented on how many older people there were, and how considerate people were being of the ones with walkers. I think if there’s a third one, I might be able to get her to go with me. Otherwise, I’ll just go myself. But not knowing anyone there makes it a little intimidating for me. There were probably 300 people in the one we passed, and we were not in a major city.

Pretty impressive, Calli!

Forgot about the “goths for Prop 50” (the redistricting thing) spotted as we were leaving. Very well dressed.

So good to read all these stories.