This is Fourth of July Weekend, with the actual Fourth occurring on Tuesday. This leaves plenty of time for travelers to get where they’re going, although they’ll have to cut their holiday celebration short to return in time for work on Wednesday. No matter, Fourth of July is all about celebrating and being together and grilling out and firecrackers and sunburn. It’s the height of summer enjoyment.
Our families are no less enthusiastic. On Earl’s side, we’re having a golf outing this afternoon and a big picnic tomorrow. Then my side shows up when the owners of fredflare.com arrive on the actual Fourth — they have to see the Madonna concert in NYC first — to hang out at our home for the rest of the week. Keith and Chris, fredflare.com’s owners, work hard, about eighty a week each, so when they come to our place it’s all about fun. Well, most of it is about fun.
We’re going to visit local ice cream establishments, take long walks by the lake, kayak from my house to Clementine’s (about six miles downriver), drink lots of beer, and generally celebrate our country’s founding and founding fathers for the rest of the week.
We see no reason to cut the celebration short, because Fourth of July deserves a hearty acknowledgement. Where else could two guys from the Midwest go to New York, work their butts off, and end up owning fredflare.com?
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