On the morning of the Beaverton City Parade this year, my friend (one of the performers in the parade) parked his truck in the parking lot of the Firecrest Manor apartments on Allen and Wilson. There was one small sign, partially obstructed from view by a tree, and anyway, he was only stopping there to unload some kit (he is part of an 18th century British Royal Navy reenactment group, so there is understandably some heavy stuff to deal with). By the time he got the kit unloaded, his truck got boxed in because the roads were then closed for the parade. Obviously, being in the parade, he couldn't wait around until the roads reopened to move his truck, and anyway, he hadn't seen the strategically placed sign and assumed that any unnumbered, uncovered space was for visitors (as any normal person would assume). There was also no other available parking near the mustering site for the parade.\r
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Sure enough, when he and my husband (also a member of the group) got back after the parade concl
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