Happy Fourth Of July!

What gorgeous weather we had for the Fourth! Not too hot, even though Mommy got sunburned a little-- could be that she got sunscreen on everyone else and forgot to put it on her own neck! But I forgot part of Daddy's too. We spent most of the day outside.

We went downtown to watch the parade, but we of course go there early! Lon played in the park for a while.

A parade of one. Lon was growing very impatient for this parade to start! Here comes the Coast Guard Fly-over! Nice.

This was one of the entries in the Kid's Parade. When he peddled, the rotor turned too. It was super cool.

much better position to watch the parade

Lt. Giant ArmyMan was one of the first to pass us.

The Rotary Duck. Yes, we bought tickets. No, we did not win. However, they did have a coupon for one free entree at Ristorante Paradiso. Yummy!

A neighborhood float. Very fun!

McGruff the crime dog

Not every thing went as planned

who knew there were 8 DeLorians in our little town?

The Keith Highlanders. When I was a kid, they used to come to Ketchikan, now they are in my new hometown's Fourth of July Parade. How cool is that?

The last of the parade. They had some other fun floats, bands and cheerleaders. They had the Rainbow City Band, who played showtunes. It was very funny

After the parade we went to Juanita Beach for the Rotary Picnic and Duck Race. I wanted to see how they did the duck race here, there is no creek to race them down!

First, they are all in a pen.

Lon is not so sure about how this is going to work.

Lots of real ducks were on the lake too.

They stir the ducks up with a fire hose and leaf blowers, they push them into a raceway and into another pen.

Even though we did not win the duck race, Lon still had a great Fourth of July.