Celebrating the 4th of July

Because I was gone for the weekend rafting, I didn't get to see any fireworks. Darn! Who's bright idea was that?! (see picture above. Bahaha). It seems like I am always out of the country for fireworks either in Mexico, Canada, or Europe. I'll be in
China for the 24th, so again no fireworks this year :( Oh well, my sister and I still know how to party it up. On Monday, yesterday, we got up at the crack of dawn for the Balloon Fest. We got to the field just as the hot air balloons were taking off so we missed the best part, but still worth it.

Then we decided to go to the parade in P-town on the spur of the moment. Oh my gosh - it was so fun! I hadn't been to a parade in years, and it's even better when I'm with Elise. We're CRAZY! We were like little kids seeing a parade for the first time, trying to squander shirts off the Republican party to no avail, waving at everyone, trying to jump on firetrucks to ride in the parade, Elise daring me to ask some dudes if I could ride this thing.

Man! I'm SO disappointed. Although this isn't the exact one (I should have taken a picture) these dudes were riding a couch on wheels! Check that out! I've never seen anything so cool before. And Elise dared me to ask for a ride. End of story. SHOOT, I'm losing my gusty daring skills. I kept hoping they'd come back, but they didn't. I lost my chance.