RIP Carroll

 TWIT and I are sad to say RIP, Carroll. 

Carroll was our neighbor across the road.  He was a very cool man.  He was pretty high up in the Shriners, and one of his duties as a Shriner was to pull the giant fez that lit up and spun around.  He would pull the giant fez in parades and at festivals.

One year, I got up the nerve and asked him if I could ride with him the next time he pulled it in a parade and he didn’t hesitate to say “Why, sure.”  So a month later, I rode shotgun in his truck while he pulled the giant fez through the Highlands for the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade.  It was a day I will never forget.

And I will never forget Carroll.