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Double D's Dogs, which opened two hot dog carts in York this year, loaded one of its carts onto a trailer and covered it with fake cobwebs and Frankenstein decals for Sunday's parade. An SUV bearing a huge hot dog sticker pulled the trailer.
Friends and family members of Double D's co-owner, Jody Moore, dressed up as mustard and ketchup bottles and wore hot dog hats as they marched alongside the cart.
The shiny hot dog cart attracted a few would-be customers as it sat at the York Expo Center before embarking on the parade route, Moore said, but it was not actually selling hot dogs Sunday.
Members of the Dillsburg-based Northern Alumni Association celebrated Abraham Lincoln's life with its float, carrying a man dressed as the 16th president and others in 1800s-era clothing. Lincoln would have turned 200 this year, prompting the float, which included a likeness of the Lincoln Memorial.
But Bailey Travel had one of the most creative ideas.
Company sales director Bob Wright dressed up as a mime and pretended to pull a huge tour bus with a flimsy piece of rope, grimacing all the while.
Wright got the crowd involved, too, stopping in the middle of West Market Street and South Richland Avenue and handing the rope to a youngster, who pulled it taut. Wright then opened up a suitcase, removed a pair of shorts and hung them from the rope with clothespins as if he were hanging laundry out to dry.
The bus honked its horn. Wright grabbed the rope and ran up West Market Street with the shorts still trailing behind him and the audience laughing and clapping.
Results
Parade results were not available Sunday night, said Julie Dietz-Wheeler, YWCA board member. Organizers plan to finish tallying the winners Monday.
