BiCenQuinQuagenary

 In the news, they refer to this year's Fourth of July as the Semi Quincentennial. That's half of 500 years. I prefer BiCenQuinnQuagenary because it's more mellifluent. At least, it is to me.

We spent the day doing little stuff around the yard, culminating in a visit to our neighbors, Tammy and Lou, who have a pool. We had a great dinner and a nice visit.

We were pretty full afterward and we weren't sure we wanted to go down and see the fireworks downtown. But fireworks won out.

We drove downtown and pulled into this parking garage right by the park. We drove to the top floor and there were already a bunch of families up there.

Susan was apprehensive about going there but the gates were open, so we didn't have to pay, and it was a pretty good place to watch the fun. The only thing that would have made it better would have been if the lights in the garage had been turned out. 

So Happy Birthday, America. I'm awfully glad I live here.