The sky was a deep blue and the day warmed into the comfortable 60s for a Mardi Gras that drew what was probably a record crowd to downtown Eunice.
The Mardi Gas runs no matter what the weather — maybe something like a hurricane would stop it.
Barry Soileau of the Le Vieux Mardi Gras De Cajuns de Eunice, was doing his 51st Mardi Gras and the 27th pulling a trailer in the traditional run.
“Eunice…