First of all, I love America. We live in a great country regardless of the current problems that our elected officials are “dealing” with. I am proud to be an American. I pray for those individuals that join a service in order to serve and protect our country. I pray for their families as well. We take too much for granted in our country. We need change; however, politics, I will not discuss.
We celebrated the 4th but we did not have fireworks or attend a parade. We celebrated by taking a day and enjoying us. A family day. We drove to PA to check on our land and what is left of the cabin that my husbands’ great-grandfather built.
Leaving the camp to explore the creek across the road:
After visiting family next to our cabin, we drove to the World’s End State Park. It is a beautiful park! We enjoyed lunch, grilled by the Big Guy, by the river. We played among the rocks (lots of rock - just beautiful) in the cold water. We took pictures. We found an old water hand pump, so the kids had to try to get water. My grandparents had one of these near their house and we spent hours playing in the water. Our kids thought is was cool and want one. We just might get one.
We walked a trail but had to turn back due to an approaching thunder storm. It wasn’t the warmest of days but it was nice. We were together.
Here are some pictures of the swimming area. The river goes under the road and you can swim in the roped off area of the river. It gets quite deep. The water was cold. We were told it always is cold. Refreshing but not on the day we went.
Deciding if one of them was brave enough to dive under. Neither did!
The river flows through some cliffs and is very rocky. Beautiful. We'll visit again in the fall.
*What's with the white cups? Dad bought them each a rootbeer float. They were HUGE and it took the kids a long time to eat/drink them.
To celebrate the 4th, I did make some colorful treats. The first was simple but the kids went wild over it. Jell-O and cool whip cups.
The second treat I made was frosted sugar cookies. I wanted to try a new way of frosting cookies. So I finally just decided to try it. My color gels were not useable (trashed them) so the red is not red but pink. Oh well, I got to try my hand at frosting with a glaze. It was fun. I could really spend a lot of time frosting cookies. They are not perfect but they tasted great and I enjoyed the challenge. Oh, the possibilities.
We swam, we ate, we enjoyed each other's company. What a great celebration!
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