4th of July

Sharon’s sister and brother-in-law came down with their family the morning of the 4th to visit. We enjoyed having them here. We took them including our cute nieces and nephews out to ice-cream at our favorite local shop, ‘The Dairy Godmother’. It is a really fun little shop that has two flavors of frozen custard, Vanilla & Chocolate, with a mystery flavor every day. They also have a handful of Sorbet flavors that are fun and creative. We discovered that since our last trip there President Obama had paid a visit to the shop and we were the lucky ones to sit in the chair he had used. We felt pretty special.

We decided to brave the crowds in Washington DC to have the experience of celebrating Independence Day in the Capital. It was hard not to feel patriotic watching the fireworks going off behind the Washington Monument and cheering with the hundreds of thousands of people sprawled all over the Mall.

Our Metro ride home was almost as much fun, just more personal with the millions of people trying to get home. I think I might have to add it to the top three of my ‘most crowded public transportation moments’. I never expected one of them to happen in the U.S. Every stop one person got off, three or more people tried to squeeze in. Sharon didn’t even have to hold on to anything for balance. In the end, we made it home safe and sound.

My conclusion is I prefer the small town 4th of July experience. I was reminiscing with Sharon about the 4th of July in Park City. I would sleep out on the trampoline, wake up and do the city fun run, eat\help at the city breakfast in the quaint city park, then watch the parade on Main Street. That would be followed by an afternoon BBQ or Dutch oven cooking in the back yard with family and friends; concluding the day watching the fireworks against the majestic mountains from our deck. It sounds like we might get that experience next year.