Florida, Moore Haven - Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - Mardi Gras at M RV Resort

This morning at 10:00 100 cupcakes went on sale for $.50 each, 50 red and 50 blue.  There was a little plastic baby in one of the red cupcakes and one of the blue cupcakes.  Whoever got the cupcake with the baby in it was the king or queen of our Mardi gras celebration.

At 2:00 there was a parade.  We didn’t participate, we sat on our patio and collected candy that was being thrown.

We noticed this turtle crossing the road just before the parade started – maybe to get a better view?

At 5:00 there was a pitch in dinner with jambalaya provided as the main course.

This is just the beginning of the crowd beginning to gather.  By the time everyone arrived seats were getting pretty scarce.

Two of the residents here used to have a bakery in Lafayette, LA.  They provided the king cake pictured below and the recipe for the jambalaya.

There is a dance at 7:00 this evening.  We won’t be going back up to the clubhouse for that.  We brought our empty crock pot home after the pitch in and decided to sit out on the patio until the mosquitos found out we were there.