4th of July Week End

We had a great 4th of July. The neighborhood has a block party every year and many neighbors come and bring hundred's of dollars of fireworks. It was a cool evening and great for sitting and visiting after eating bbq hamburgers, hotdogs and pot luck. Judy and I always furnish the meat and buns and everyone else brings the rest.

These are just the legal ones, the ones in the air didn't show up. In Idaho you can buy illegal fireworks as long as you promise not to shoot them off here or Oregon. Needless to say, that doesn't work to well with anyone. But we are in a pretty safe neighborhood, not much dry grass area.

The next day Les went to the Northwest AutoFest. There were about 1500 cars there and that night they had a mini route 66 parade through downtown Boise.

People were a little better control than at route 66, it was really fun. We ate at an outside restaurant and and were able to sit there all evening. There was a little breeze and was shady so it was fun.

Boise is a college town, and there are a lot of bikers, and of course, a lot of posers, so I had as much fun watching people as cars. We got there about 6 pm and left about 10:30 so it was a nice evening.

Tomorrow we are going camping ATVing with friends from church and the neighborhood. Mom has people coming to visit and the hospice nurse will stop by. This is a trial seeing if we can leave her long enough to go visit family some time.