Wednesday, July 04, 2007

4th of July Parade

Like every other location in the U.S., we too, had a parade this morning. The rain held off until the parade finished. Here are a few scenes from the parade and the preceding preparations. Click on the contact sheet image to go to the gallery.

Amy walked in the parade as part of the Lutheran church's VBS float.

Fourth of July consists of day-long festivities. (A few events actually started two days ago.) There are vendors, food booths, and carnival games lined up along much of Main Street. It is closed off to through traffic so there are plenty of people milling on and about.

There is also a beer garden... The Baptist pastor's little boy asked about the pavilion up the road a block. When I mentioned that it was the beer garden, the Baptist pastor remarked that there are certain places where it would not be a good idea for certain people -- say a Southern Baptist minister -- to be seen in its proximity. The same can be said for Adventist ministers...

There are various games and events going on throughout the day. Due to our rather northern latitude, our fireworks are scheduled to go off around 11 p.m. The rain is coming down quite heavily now. Rain or shine, the fireworks will go on, but I wonder how much of it will be visible and where will we choose to view it?

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