Members of the local chapters of Trucks for Trump and MAGA Drag the Interstate met at the Buc-ees parking lot in Texas City, proceeded in their vehicles decorated with pro-Trump flags south on Interstate 45, turned right on 61st Street in Galveston and headed east on Seawall Boulevard before looping back around and ending up at the Target store parking lot in Galveston.

Saturday’s event, which also included local candidate meet-and-greets, vendors and a DJ, was aimed, in part, at increasing the number of young voters locally.

Making Hitchcock High School sophomore Grant Thiem’s fortitude to step into the frenzy of a football game and his ability to accurately to kick a ball through the 10-foot tall, 23-foot-4 wide goal posts noteworthy and impressive is the fact he is legally blind because of a genetic disorder called Stargardt disease, which drastically impairs vision.