Pat the Pelican waves with other friends on this beach-themed boat Saturday afternoon during the first-ever boat parade as part of the July Jamboree. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune

Participants in the boat parade Saturday afternoon on Fountain Lake wave to people at Fountain Lake Park. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune

Even Santa and Mrs. Claus got in on the action during the boat parade Saturday. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune

Participants in this boat in the parade waved small American flags. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune

Children wave from the back of a boat decorated a beach luau Saturday during the boat parade on Fountain Lake. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune

A man in a small tugboat with an American flag was toward the back of the parade. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune

This boat was decorated to depict a rubber duck inside of a bubble batth. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune

3 young girls wave from the front of a boat during the boat parade Saturday afternoon on Fountain Lake. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune