The picture tonight was taken the night of the 4th when we went to the concert. It was fun to be there, but the band kept playing and kept playing. It sounded like the same song to us, but, of course it was not. We're just old enough that one of those songs sounds like all the others to us. The band was the Air Force Band from somewhere and they were really good, but after an hour or so we were ready for the fireworks. After the fireworks hadn't started for 20 minutes past the scheduled time we decided to head for the car. We figured we could see them from the car as well as we could from the ground. Sure enough! Our timing was perfect. We just got to the car when the fireworks started. We watched them and got to mover right out of the park where we were. It turned out perfect for us.
While we were waiting for the fireworks there was a little kid with his family in front of us. He was 18 months old and really getting with the music. He got tired of it, too, and walked back toward Tom, who took his picture. Then he wanted to see the picture! It was so cute. He came back and carried on the longest conversation with Tom. We couldn't understand a thing he was saying, but Tom acted like he was some guy at a coffee shop talking the price of eggs in China, global warming, etc. The little guy's dad was watching him the whole time and told us how old he was and that his name was Nathaniel. He was such a great grandkid fix for all of us. I think I'll go back and put his picture on with Tom, too. You folks with dial up will just have to persevere. Nathaniel really made our day. He jabbered up a storm. His folks can't understand him, either, but he is certainly a gifted speaker.
Today we did yard and housework, so we're ready to travel, again. After our work today we did a few beaches around here, in hopes of watching big waves crashing into the rocks, but it was amazingly calm water! It was still fun. We came home for hamburgers at home and time to plan for tomorrow's big trip to the volcano. We'll go to bed early since we'll get up early. We won't be home until after midnight, which is 5 a.m. for most of you, so don't be looking for a new post until the next day.
God is so good to us. We've had awesome weather. We're really enjoying driving the 4-wheel drive Jeep, but it's rough riding! It sure beats hiking though for getting to see lots more in less time. We've seen things we've never seen here; what a treat! Thank you, God, for health, strength, and safety for all of us.
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