July 4...Independence Day

Happy Independence Day, everyone!



We were up around 7 a.m. this morning, and spent a little while wondering what to have for breakfast. Mother decided on a slice of sourdough bread with butter, I had half a whole wheat toasted bagel with light cream cheese and cherry jelly, and Hubbie had cereal and the other half of the toasted bagel.



Once we were ready for the day, Hubbie and I made another trip to the WDCS for a few hygiene articles and food items. Back at camp, we entertained ourselves reading the newspaper, working puzzle books, playing on the laptop computer, and checking the digital camera for the fireworks show tonight.

Son, Daughter-in-Law, and Great-Grandson arrived around 4 p.m., bringing deli rotisserie chicken for our supper. I baked potatoes in the microwave, made a salad, and heated canned corn to go with it. Also had sourdough bread.

We took the food to the large picnic pavillion at one end of the campground. We had reserved tables earlier, and placed tableclothes on them, weighted down with boards. It was very pleasant there, where a brisk, cool breeze blew off the river. Mother was comfortable, transported in her wheelchair.

After supper, we stayed in the cool of the pavillion area until time for the fireworks show at around 9:30 p.m. It was a nice show, if shorter than previous years...no doubt in response to the current economic recession. But we certainly had front row seats for viewing. It was much more relaxing watching the display from this vantage point, rather than crammed into the crowd across the river in the park. There were lots of people in the campground...all relatives and friends of the campers, but it was no where near as crowded as the festival site.

I was frustrated, however, when I discovered that an important part of my camera tripod was missing, so I had to hand hold my camera. I probably got all blurred and shaky shots.

Niece and her family left to go home shortly after the fireworks display, but Son and family stayed a little while, waiting for the traffic to clear out of the park. We enjoyed snacks of ice cream and either homemade chocolate cake or spice bars.

By 10:30 p.m., everyone had departed, and we lost no time going to bed. It was a good day.




As we were getting ready to serve the food, Niece and her family arrived. They had already eaten, so they didn't join us for supper.