Bang

Fireworks light up Kailua Bay. They sure are beautiful over the ocean, but every 4th I can't help but miss the Midnight Parade in downtown Porter, Indiana, and the weekends spent at Toadstool's cottege in Michigan with my best pals, my old kayak, grilling, ice cold beer and the Metzger's industrial-sized margarita machine. We also had Shelton fireworks. The HUGE warehouse was 1/2 mile from my house and I always wanted to watch the place burn down. (it never did)

I thinkIndependance Day is the same all across America with friends and family, boats and water, parades, meat and beer and fire. We sure are lucky to be in America.