No matter how early you leave, or which road less traveled you take, invariably downtown Cleveland and all roads leading to it are in gridlock for the duration of St. Patrick's Day festivities.
It's not like we don't know what day it is or that the famed parade kicks off at 1:04pm sharp!
Good luck if there are any events happening near downtown or breaking news anywhere in a ten mile radius of the parade step off. It is already 2 hours after Pete Rademacher has taken his last spin on the world famous gasoline powered unicycle and downtown streets are still jam-packed!
The Cleveland St. Patrick's Day parade, touted as one of the biggest in the United States, always marches through the streets of Cleveland on the actual holiday. Fortunately, this year Mother Nature cooperated!
Hands down, the Irish Wolf Hounds, the pipe and drum corps, the Cleveland Fire Department and Police mounted unit seem to be the fan favorites.
This is one of those days with as many stories as there are people lined up and down the parade route.
A day when there are too many traditions to cover: Mass at St. Colman's Church, Slyman's corned beef sandwiches, and Guinness freely flowing at all Cleveland establishments!
We pride ourselves on covering all of the traditions but then honing in on a different spin to this celebration.
This year one of our reporters followed around 13-year-old Tyler Tag, who has been playing bagpipes for three years and is on the fast track to becoming part of the yearly tradition!
Tyler said he is saving his money for bagpipe summer camp in hopes of being part of the Irish Championship Competition.
Tyler's Irish Eyes are definitely smiling!
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