More than a thousand people lined up along Main Avenue on Saturday to watch the annual Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade.
Members of the Aztec High School JROTC cadets carry a 30-foot-long American flag at the start of the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning up Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Dave and Kay James, grand marshals of the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade wave as they go up Main Avenue on Saturday morning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
More than 160 horses were in this year’s Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning on Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
There were lots of flags in this year’s Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning on Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Dance hall girls wave to the crowd at this year’s Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Llamas were included in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A large longhorn slowly walks down Main Avenue during the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Dance hall girls wave to the crowd during this years Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning on Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Participants in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning make their way up Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Durango and U.S. Forest Service firefighters and first responders received applause from the crowd Saturday morning during the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The crowd applauded Durango and U.S. Forest Service firefighters and first responders Saturday morning during the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Participants in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday make their way up Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Participants in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning make their way up Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Singers play in the back of wagons during the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Horses pull a wagon in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Participants in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning make their way up Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Participants in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday make their way up Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Participants in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning make their way up Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Durango and U.S Forest Service firefighters and first responders received applause from the crowd Saturday morning during the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Participants in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning make their way up Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Dance hall girls wave to the crowd during this year’s Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Participants march in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning on Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Participants in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning make their way up Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Some in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade make the best of cleaning up after the animals on Saturday morning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Young and old have fun in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Ballet Folklorico members dance their way up Main Avenue on Saturday morning during the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Participants in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning make their way up Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Candy is handed out for kids along the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade route on Saturday morning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Fiesta Days royalty wave as they go up Main Avenue during the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Participants in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning make their way up Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Participants in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning make their way up Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A singing cowboy in the the back of a Durango Cowboy Church wagon plays during the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Participants in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning make their way up Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Participants in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning make their way up Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Participants in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning make their way up Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A little wagon is pulled in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Ballet Folklorico members dance their way up Main Avenue on Saturday morning during the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Participants in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning make their way up Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Participants in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning make their way up Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Participants in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning make their way up Main Avenue. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Bob Bruce & Family work their way up Main Avenue on Saturday morning during the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A large longhorn slowly walks up Main Avenue during the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade on Saturday morning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
