I was stopping off at the store on the way home last night, and there in the parking lot was something a little unusual.
A Chariot.
Not a horse and buggy, a regular CHARIOT. Open in the back, platform to stand on, 2 horse pulling. Now, it had that nice modern feel to it, as instead of ye olde spoke wheels, it had what appeared to be a pickup truck axel/tire/suspension thing going on, and the proper slow moving vehicle placard. Otherwise, it could have walked out of the days of Moses.
Now, I am vaguely aware there are still chariot races. And, while I haven’t seen a racing chariot before, and don’t claim to be an expert on horses, it was clear to me these were, for lack of the proper word, mutt horses, not bred for racing but probably more suited to pulling a plow.
And, as I sat there looking, a man comes out, throws whatever he bought into a little basket thing on the front, unties the horses from the tree, and starts trotting down the street.
Ya know, with the gas prices and all…How much are a couple mutt horses these days? And a chariot?
What’s this got to do with Halloween?
Some places out there still hold a Halloween Parade. Like the one in NYC. Why don’t we here? Bah, I’ld probably still be here at the home scarin’ kids. But, in a parade setting, a chariot properly decked out in egyptian style would just be an absolutely magnificent sight!
And then you could save on gas while driving around a part of your costume all year. If I see this chariot around again, I gotta ask if I can take it out for a spin.