Parade in Oakland - The Golden State Warriors Victory Parade

After 40 years of waiting, the San Francisco Bay Area basketball fans have finally been granted what they've been wishing, the Golden States Warriors are NBA champions once again!

After weeks and weeks of close games and pressure cooker moments, it is time to celebrate the local champions with a big parade in Oakland.

The parade was scheduled on a Friday. Mijo and I usually go to Destination Baking Company for our Friday breakfast. That day was no different. Even though the San Francisco Bay Area has seen lots of victory parades lately, thanks to the three victories of the San Francisco Giants, Mijo and I had to see the Warrior's parade. We were just so happy to celebrate with the team and the rest of the Warriors' fans. We were going to meet Berna, T'Andre and Dominick later that day. My good friend Dinah was at the parade as well and she's got a much better view.

[read my blog about my VIP seat experience watching the Golden State Warriors]

We took BART from the city and got off at 19th St. station in Oakland. When we got there, the parade crowd were already thick but we managed to find a location and squeezed in close enough to the street.

I remember the first victory parade I've been in. It was the 2010 World Series champions San Francisco Giants' Victory parade in the city. The crowd was giddy and happy and everyone was hugging everyone. I felt the same kind of overwhelming sense of happiness at the Golden State Warriors parade. I don't profess to be a long time fan of the Warriors, but I guess the victory was made so sweet because of the very long wait, just like the long wait by the Giants fans.

We didn't wait a long time and we finally saw the first float. It was Klay Thompson's. Good idea to have them high up so everyone can see them.

Here's the link to the video.

[link to Thompson's parade video]

Of couse, the city of Oakland float.

 

Here's the link of Draymond Green's float video. He decided to walk and was high five-ing the crowd. What a guy!

[link to Greens's parade video]

Here's is Steve Kerr. Congratulations, Coach!

 

Here are the floats of the Warriors cheerleaders, Harrison Barnes and Andrew Bogut.

    

   

Here's the float of the two MVPs - Steph Curry and Andre Iguodala.

 

Here's the video of the same float. Congrat to the two of you.

[link to Curry's parade video]

Of course, the rest of the Warriors team had a float too.

 

   

I had to go home and continue working that day. I took BART back home and it was seamless. It goes to show that BART has gotten used to handling large amounts of passengers especially during a special day like a victory parade.

   

While working, I was tuned in to channel 5. It was great to hear what the team has to say about their recent victories. There were a lot of people behind the team's victory.

   

 

Congratulations, Golden State Warriors, the 2015 NBA champions.

~rl