Parkville Days Riverfest Parade was just like the Woodward Dream Cruise. Sort of.

The Woodward Dream Cruise was held in Detroit this weekend. If you love cars, you could simply sit in a lawn chair, and watch all sorts of great cars and trucks parade down Woodward Avenue. You wouldn't have to lift a finger.

Now, Kansas City is obviously not Detroit, and we certainly don't have anything as epic as the annual Dream Cruise, but I did manage to sit in a lawn chair and take some pictures of neat cars as they drove by my location.

No, Parkville isn't flooded. Yes, they had their annual Fourth of July parade. Yes, there were some nice cars in it

Parkville, Mo., has been a pretty popular place lately. It seems like every day, the local news stations are doing a live remote to tell everyone how bad the Missouri is flooding. And it is a little scary. The river is out of its banks near the historic little town, and Parkville's English Landing park is indeed underwater. When you see the river like this, it gives you the sensation that you have when you're on a really high ladder. If you don't like heights. And you're me. The point is, it isn't a good feeling.

But that wasn't enough to stop the annual Fourth of July Parade, which snaked its way down Main Street just like it always does. Luckily, the heart of downtown remains unaffected by the flooding so far.

Lakeside Speedway prepares for flooding. Hopefully this report doesn't cover the last night of racing

Everybody is talking about how the Missouri river is about to come out of its banks and flood everything in its path, but there is a significant potential casualty that isn't getting much attention.

Lakeside Speedway is a Kansas City institution. And next week, that institution will be silent. Kansas City, Kan., emergency management officials told the owner of the track to prepare for the worst, so the upcoming races have been cancelled to give the track a chance to move their equipment to higher ground.