Thursday, July 4, 2013

Happy Birthday, USA!

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I can’t recommend Whidbey Island enough for the 3rd and 4th of July! 

We made the 9:30 ferry Wednesday night, which put us in Freeland just in time for the big July 3rd fireworks show. (Note to self: make it there about 6 hours earlier next year for the whole fun festival and not just the 10pm show.)

Maxwelton Beach community puts on a perfect hometown Fourth of July parade.  Buy a $1 button for every family member, come early enough to play a bit on the beach, and get back along the route in time for the 1pm parade.  So doing this again next year!

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Here’s the grandstand.  The big grandstand.  Emceed by the grandpa who has lived there the most decades and knows every single person in the parade. 

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Red, white, blue, and lemonade.

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I love these people.

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There were many creative entries, but I really liked the two gorillas who were giving out bananas.  There was also a food bank promotion that tossed out radishes.  (Don’t worry, the kids got a handful of candy, too.)

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“Ladies and Gentlemen, please pause for the national anthem, played by ----- on the saxophone.” It was a great way to end the parade.

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