Fourth of July

Happy Independence Day!  Keenan and I brought in the nation's birthday with a pair of cold beers at a bar on H Street.  We intentionally avoided the bar with British flags hanging outside of its front doors, those couldn't have been good for business that day.  Wednesday was a fun-filled day for me.  I jogged down to Constitution Avenue to watch the Independence Day Parade in the morning.  Appleton East's marching band performed in some patriotic garb, and they did very well.  They were the only Wisconsin band I have seen play between the Memorial Day and Independence Day parades.  After the parade wrapped up I jogged back home, and relaxed out of the sun back at the RAF for a little while.  In the afternoon I headed over to a friend's place a few blocks away, Jake is his name.  He had a few of his friends over, and we played some Beersbee, grilled burgers, and drank some Yuengling the rest of the day.  What more could a guy ask for?!  As the sun began setting I left to enjoy the fireworks that are set off by the Washington Monument.  I ended up watching them as I walked a block off of the National Mall, and they were quite beautiful (nothing compared to the show the Notstad's put on though).  Afterwards, I met up with some more friends at a bar downtown that had Pabst Blue Ribbon calling my name.  I would have to say that Independence Day was a nearly perfect day for me.