Friday, July 6, 2012

Wonderful 4th!

yesterday was the 4th of july, a federal holiday in the us since it was the day, back in 1776, when they became independent from the kingdom of great britain by adopting the declaration of independence. there are parades, and generally people spend this day outside having a bbq and watch the fireworks in the evening. this was our third independence day in the us, and (some) things have started to become "normal". sort of. i really wanted to see it all in year 1, and last year as well, but this year... naahh...hmmm.. its so crowded, the fireworks start soooo late, then you have to wait forever to get into the subway to get home, and and and... besides, tim said he wasnt interested at all in watching "those boring fireworks with all those millions of people again". we thus decided to go somewhere and to just enjoy the weather. 
the day started out with quite some rain, but when we left it was getting hot and humid again. not even halfway, i thought it would be fun to leave the highway and drive a bit on the backroads... that was fun, for the first few minutes... until we suddenly became the very last car of the 4th of july parade, as you can see above!! not that anyone was interested in us (i did dress appropriately in red, white and blue!); everyone (as usual) was leaving as soon as the last of the real parade had passed by.... and there we were, driving very, very slowly... eventually we got out and back to the highway again... :) tomorrow i show you where we went!

5 comments:

biebkriebels said...

Did you wave to the people?

Manon said...

LOL, we had the same on a Memorial Day once. Better stick to the highways on those days...

I liked the fireworks display in Boston, it was the 3rd show I saw in my US history (San Francisco's was cool too, Santa Clara's was surprisingly big), this was the best for sure. But you're right about the metro thing, that wasn't so much fun. Ah well, it completes the whole experience ;)

Kay said...

Awww, too bad. Nobody's even waving at you.

We haven't really watched any of the parades around here. But the little bit we saw of one it seemed like anyone who wanted to could join in and be part of it. It doesn't take much to be entertained in the country.

Jack said...

My little home town 15 miles north of Boston always had a parade on the Fourth of July. One of these days I want to go back to see whether they still have the parade. If you were the last car in that parade, you would have been welcomed with open arms.

Stefan Jansson said...

I have never understood the whole firework thing. Never bought any myself. Nice of you to dress for the occasion.