25 miles for me this morning. I realized I do not have any patriotic cycling socks and I think I need to remedy this situation.

After my ride I went up the street to watch our local 4th of July parade. It's the epitome of a small town parade...some fire engines, a handful of horses, a band consisting of approximately 6 people, and lots of folks driving their pick-ups and Jeeps and lawn mower tractors throwing candy at the kids. Now I am praying that no one lights off fireworks tonight and starts a big forest fire...all fireworks are illegal here but people set them off anyway. It's really scary because this area is all forest and the fire danger is really high.