Next was Blain Kern's Mardi Gras World where we toured the largest and oldest float builder. This company builds 80% of the floats and rents out the statues and decorative items on the float. This was a special treat because Mardi Gras is during the next two weeks and many of the floats are ready or almost finished. As soon as it is over, they begin designing for the next year and work all year to get the floats ready for each krewe's parade. Each parade has a different theme so this looked like chaos as we walked through. We were also served some King cake and got to try on costumes for pictures.
One parade has a flower theme. On the board is the designs that the builders are following.
Can Can girls. The worker is under the girls to the back doing touch up painting.
Can you see me among the flowers??? Each float has multiple standing places--ladders lead from one place to another and each also has a bathroom. You may be on the float for 8 hours and everybody drinks so this little room is necessary.
Touring some of the finished floats!!!
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