5th Annual

Trucker's Light Parade

November 29th, 2008

6:00 p.m.

Highway1 on Saturday night was lined with people to welcome Santa into town, accompanied by a parade of spectacularly lit trucks in the fifth Annual Gualala Trucker's Light Parade.

Judging was held prior to the parade at the staging site at Bedrock, Inc. located at the north end of  Gualala.

The winners were:

Big rigs division
1st place, Leighton Nelsen, "The Longest Christmas Ever"
2nd place - John and Diana Luther, "Santa's Tow Land"
3rd place - South Coast Volunteer Fire Department, "Blue Christmas"

Trucks w/ trailers division
1st place - Alice Nelsen, "Christmas Tree Train"
2nd place - Waterman Racing, "Rocket Assist Sleigh"
3rd place - Zeni Ranch, "Oh Christmas Tree"

Video of the Trucker's Light Parade by Rob Diefenbach

Check out the process and the parade below.

Decorating at the staging area.

The guys hanging lights.

Alice

Rudolph the red nosed reindelk.

need generators for the lights.

Taking a break to have pizza.

Getting the number in line.

Everyone gets a number.

number in line.

Instructions.

Over there.

Getting ready for the parade.

Final check on the lights.

The Judges!

Little princess.

Flameage!

The crowd waves.

This was fun!

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Decorating at the staging area.