Happy Fourth of July!

My family spent the day celebrating the Fourth of July in George, Washington.  Yes, that is really a town, and it's only 30 minutes from our house in Royal City.  George is a much smaller town than Royal City but they sure know how to celebrate Independence Day!  To learn more about this little town go to http://www.ci.george.wa.us/!

My mom, sister, and I started the day of in George by walking in the Cherry Bomb race.  Then we watched my dad drive his jeep through the parade.  Ask anyone in our family and we will tell you our jeep was the cutest thing because of its red color and American flags! 

Once the parade was finished, my dad entered the jeep into a car show at the park.  Sadly, it didn't win any prizes but people sure enjoyed looking at it!  At noon, some long-time George community members served cherry pie to all attendants at the park celebrating.  It's pretty good, and it's pretty cool to see such a huge pie being served!  They pre-made some pieces a couple days in advance, but most assembling of the pie happens the morning of the Fourth.  It is a huge and tasty pie! The town of George sure does a great job upholding the fact that is known as the town with the largest cherry pie!

When the car show was finished, my parents headed on home while I met up with boyfriend and friends from the area for the evening.  We enjoyed sitting in the backyard talking and laughing.  When it got dark we headed out to a clear field near the fireworks to watch them.  They were pretty darn good for a small town, in fact, most everything that went on in George to celebrate was pretty darn good for a small town!!

Pretty Things

So last weekend I traveled to Nampa, ID to watch Erin show her horse, HotRod, for three days.  On the way I saw some interesting things, but I also so saw pretty things.  One was this view of the sky.  The colors of pink and lavender were so pretty together.  It was quite amazing to see this much color in the sky in front of me since the sun was setting behind me as I drove.

Once I got to Nampa, I was got to see lots of pretty horses and riders.  However, my sister and her horse were the prettiest to me!  Here they are!

Erin and HotRod before the halter and showmanship classes they won!

Erin waiting for places after an English class.  She won several English classes over the weekend.

Erin waiting for one of her western classes to begin.  She did very well and won some of these classes too!

HotRod is resting and getting in the zone for halter and showmanship while Erin shows off her new outfit.  It looks so good on her!

Well, I think it's safe to say I saw pretty things on my trip, and Erin and HotRod were the prettiest!

On my way to Nampa, ID

I saw something I'd never seen before.  It was quite a sight, and it made my passenger and I laugh very hard.  It began with a jacked up, lime green, four door Dodge pickup stopped in the certain of the on ramp on Interstate 84.  We saw the truck stopped from a distance and as we passed we saw this old grungy man climbing into the bed of the truck.  It appeared that he was going to lay down on everything else that was piled in the truck bed.  What made this sight strange was the fact that it was in the middle of no where and there weren't any other people outside the truck.

After we drove by, I kept watching in my review mirror.  The truck finally entered the road way and caught up to us.  I had my friend get the camera out because I wanted a picture of what I was about to see. 

When the truck passed by, five smiling country boys waved at my friend and I.  I know they saw the camera because they took their speed down a notch, which made it easy to capture this picture.

Yes, the man did end up laying down in the truck.  Yes, his eyes are closed, but I don't know how they could be.  I would be scared to death riding in the bed of a truck at 70mph in a truck with a cab full of boys!  Yes, that is a large suit case teetering on the tool box and could easily fall on him if stopped quick or turned too sharp.

I understand that the man is probably homeless, and if that is the case it was kind of those boys to give him a ride.  I just had to catch a picture of this because it reminded me of those crazy stories others share about the things they see out on the road.