Mardi Gras
Beads, floats & moon pies ...

Franklin Hayes/GUlf Breeze News Margaret Cunningham (above) grins widely for the crowds and the camera during the Krewe of Wrecks Mardi Gras Parade on Pensacola Beach, Feb. 18. Left, a krewe member dressed as a samurai hands out beads to revelers and below krewe members dance and throw beads.

For 2007, the Krewe of Wrecks Mardi Gras Parade featured 45 floats, several media vans, a Crimestoppers car featuring McGruff the Crimedog, and the McGuire's Color Guard, according to Sandy Johnson with the Pensacola Beach Information Center. Thousands filled the streets of Pensacola Beach to catch beads and moon pies from costumed krewe members.