by J. Brooks Terry
Staff Writer
When Darryl Humphrey got up at 6 a.m. Monday, he had a plan. The Northside resident not only wanted to see the Martin Luther King Jr. parade downtown, he wanted the best seat in the house . . . er, street.
Humphrey made it to his viewing headquarters on East Bay Street by 8:30 Monday morning with his folding chair in tow. The parade was set to kickoff at 10:45 a.m.
Why the two hours-plus cushion of time?
“I wanted to get a good seat,” he said. “Basically, I just wanted to get a good view and not be trampled. If I was late, I would have not been able to see the parade like I wanted to.”
Humphrey added that, while having a passion for parades of all shapes and sizes, the MLK and Veteran’s Day parades are his favorites.
“Whenever I read or hear about a parade,” he said, “I come to it.”