A Watery Independence

Have you ever watched fireworks over the water before? Being landlocked my whole life has posed a problem when

it comes to accomplishing a 'yes' to the previous question. We went into another port town today for the festivities.

Are you ready for this? Port Angeles. That's right… if you are in any way up with the times you will laugh/freak out as

much as I did when we drove into this town. The ultimate freak out happened when I saw the turn off sign for Forks,

oh Sydney and I had a great laugh with that one. Aren't fireworks the greatest, though? Well, they are even better

over the water; definitely adds to it, don't you think? Happy Fourth of July everybody!

other highlights: eating StarWars shaped pancakes for breakfast (Yoda head, Storm Trooper head, Darth Vader head); finding out that

Sydney had been up all night throwing up clams… yum; seeing a sign at the Port Angeles Goodwill that read 'Alice Donates Here'; seeing

a very diverse parade in Port Angeles (roller derby girls, a steam punk float, taxidermy float, dancing librarians, hippie moms, lots of

interesting mohawks); eating general tso chicken for dinner (that's right, chinese for dinner on the birthday of America); getting two

fortunes in my fortune cookie; seeing that everyone in Port Angeles feels as though they are a celebrity… way to go Stephanie Meyer.