The 4th of July was amazing! I went to Caliente Nevada (population 1132) with David and Carolyn and all the rest of the family. It was great. It was also the smallest town I've ever been to in my life. No chain stores, just a gas station, a couple restaurants, a grocery store and True Value. You can walk from one end of town to the other in 15 minutes. It was a good time. The morning of the 4th we went to the firemen's breakfast and had wonderful pancakes, eggs, sausage. It was fun to get to meet new people and just watch everyone. After that we had the parade which was awesome! Got tons of candy and the sweetest Smokey the Bear pin!
That afternoon we had lunch at the park and got cooled off during the money grab. Every year there is a ton of change scattered and if you want to get some of it you have to venture into the street with the firehoses spraying you. It was awesome and it was actually really nice to cool off. And I made $4.65 :) The rest of the day was spent drying off and relaxing. Later that night it was time for fireworks! Yay! The town all gathered in the part to watch the fireworks and it was a great show. I love fireworks and I love the 4th of July!
Cute Cousins
The rest of the weekend was spent relaxing and spending time with family. It was such a great weekend! We played games and walked around. I used one of my 4 late-nights-a-year talking to Frik, Carebear, Sukie, and Wudan. Just had fun. No responsibilities for 3 days was the best!
We had a sweet cottage. It smelled like cucumbers (may sound pleasant but no!). We think that the smell was from the paint mixed with the gas (which leaked from the stove, no worries, we cut the gas off). It was nice to have beds for everyone together. It was fun and the cottage was also cool, which was nice during the 100 degree days.
It was a great weekend! Now I just have to make it through the week to my next fun weekend! I love summer and this one is great!
Ps. Sorry again Wudan! I'm a jerk.
3 comments:
So Chaelomen made about ten bucks, you made about five bucks...
I think I'd pay that kind of money to be standing behind the hoses instead of in front of them! Then again, if it was hot enough, I might change my mind.
The hose work wore out your uncle to the point that he sat on the side lines in the Firemen's Grudge Match Baseball game with the team from the next big town up the road.
And the hose guys got plenty wet - even spraying each other, so it's not a choice you'd have to make on account of the heat.
oh no. there was a chain "store"
Starbucks. that place is officially EVERYWHERE!
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