Our little town is so unique and so typical at the same time of all small towns across the midwest of the USA.
Holiday "doings" as my Mom and Aunt Ruby used to say, festivities abound from 5&10K runs, a splash n dash sprint to the lake for a swim and sprint back, "We the People" readings from the founding papers, fireworks! ski show, parades, Kiwanis Chicken BBQ, banana split eating contest, Freedom Festival with bands and conservative speakers (surprise announcement from a Congressman announcing his bid for the Presidency), loads more and lots of splashing in the lake. Yup, this is about as Americana as it gets. A small town with a broad red white and blue stripe running through it.
A nice bonus of enjoying bicycling is that this has been a car free weekend so far, all my errands and volunteer duties are easily accomplished by bike. Giving the car a rest. Got up early today and got in a ride around the lake before it started heating up. Now it's off for some boating!
"Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?"
Francis Scott Key 1814
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