the 4th of july is not my favorite holiday. It was fun to see other cyclists out with flags on their bikes!!!!

but what ISN'T fun is the fireworks that people set off illegally here, night after night and especially on the 4th. They wait until we are in bed then they go out and BOOOM BOOM BOOM. On the 4th it was until 3am!!!! and then someone got revenge and got up at 6 am and let some off. Gee, thanks. It's nice when they get bored or run out of fireworks. I shouldn't complain, they used to shoot guns off instead.

ON the other hand, I live on a short dead end street. We have all nice neighbors and had a picnic. A multicolor multiethnic picnic! it was wonderful.
People who have been driving by each other for 20 years finally spoke to each other and shared each other's food. That's what We did for the 4th of July.