The Fourth of July

I'm not really crazy about the 4th of July and that seems sacrilegious to say

from the let's explode everything we can, city of Modesto, California. Even though our lawns are pretty dry, we did not have much rain this past season, hillsides crackle, and people debate about water, we have our fireworks . As the sound of pops and almost gun shot blasts, intermingle

with the fire truck sirens, people here enjoy their fireworks, and again,

I do not fffff

begrudge anyone or the fireworks. Some of them are quite beautiful,illegal,

and as nice as any shooting out over a ballpark. I just have a thing about

fourth , some old baggage I guess, but I do my best to enjoy the day . I went

swimming with my son at the beautiful SOS club here in Modesto, and for

fifteen dollars they served the BEST steak ever, with corn on the cob,

and french bread, and yes, later we did have our fireworks. The best

fireworks are really in Oaklahoma! I had the best time shooting them off

there , right before my son's first deployment to Iraq. Hats off to Fort Sil.