Saturday, July 2, 2016

The long weekend begins

The first day of the 4th of July, Independence Day weekend.  When I was a kid this time of the year was almost as important to me as Christmas.  In the small town of Belle Fourche, South Dakota it was rodeo time!  I was never a fan of rodeos, didn't like the animals being treated so rough.  I did like everything that came with the rodeo like the parade, fireworks, family reunions, band concerts and mostly the traveling carnival that came to town each July 4th.  I would hear the calyope music of the merry-go-round from our house and would get shaky excited to go for some rides.  It is not so exciting anymore----

We went to our daughter's house this morning to give our son-in-law his birthday gift, a neon sign that reads "Free Beer - Tomorrow"  and has a beer mug with "moving" foam.  Then it was to HyVee grocery store again for what we forgot the other day.  It was really crowded but we got a good parking place and made it through.

We decided to bring in a pizza for dinner.



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