Started the day at around 7 am, did the lawn work: mowed, edging, weeding, trimming, blowing.... all that stuff.
Came in and took a nice cooling shower.

Around 10:30 am the wife went to her parents (Taking our dogs) to meet the whole crew and get ready for tonight.
Her parents, the wifes daughter with our five grandkids.
The wifes brothers and their kids.
Everyones dogs too.
The whole crew.

Most of them swam in the tank (pond) for a while to cool off, played around the farm for a bit, riding the ATVs and walking and playing with the dogs.
The tank is basically L shaped and one side is about 400' long and 100' wide, and the other side is about half that size.
There was a walking bridge over the bend of the tank till last year when we noted the steel supports holding it were beginning to fail, so it was removed for safety, which really sucks as it make for easier accesss from the farm house to the area where the cookouts happen and the fireworks are set off.
It had been there for well over 20 years.

I was working so could not get there until much later.
I got there at about 7:30 PM while they were picking blackberries and grapes from the in-laws vines near the house.
(They have another garden with some vines by the pond too)
(I have pics of them picking berries and some pics of the pond, but cant post them till tomorrow...).

We waited a little bit longer then set up and started popping fireworks at dark (Around 8:30 PM I think).
Finished at about 9:30 or so.

A typical July 4th day.

Bracton wrote:Sounds like a wonderful 4th, Gnat.

I started the day with a six-mile run (which Al would have done in about half the time I did).  Then on to stratochamp's house, continuing our adventures in exTSR's Empyrea campaign.  I had to leave early (just happy to live another day), so I could make a 4th of July party at a neighbor's house (massive beef ribs, this time), and then to the field behind the local school, where we and a crowd of others watched the fireworks.

Now that it's past midnight, it's finally gotten quiet outside.

hey man, good to see someone exercising!!! and remember, it is about making the effort, not about how quick you do it...and quite honestly, i dont go quick or anything of the like...i leave that for the younger, much more fitter types than me. i tend to plod along and get there in the end - thats more important to me than anything else!

besides, i have a pulled calf just now

hope you all had a good 4th July. i went down to the arcade for an hour

Al

Going out for a 5k now.

Martin

Prufrock wrote:Going out for a 5k now.

Sounds like a quick drive.

Whale Tagger wrote:I went for a 5M. I'm winded, but I'll make it.

Did your car break down?

Wait, you guys ran that distance?  Are you crazy?  

No, 5 meters. I ran through the rain to my car.

faro wrote:Hmm... and here's me thought that the use of metric in the US was almost as treasonous as ordering freedom fries to go with your Liberty Burger under any other name? Tsk, tsk, Frank...

What is "metric?"  Is that some sort of robot RPG?

Prufrock wrote:Going out for a 5k now.

Martin

me and a couple of pals took part in yesterdays Bobby Moore Cancer Research 5k run. Around 1500 guys took part on Londons Blackheath. Very hot, very emotional (lost family this year to this) but a great family party atmosphere and day out all for a great charity!
Finished in 27mins which I was chuffed with!

Metric would probably be around 7K, I'm guessing. I prefer to still use imperial, but so much else is in metric over here nowadays, it's a bit awkward..  

I was pretty much done in at the end though, and wouldn't have wanted to go too much further!!  

Cheers
Dave

I rode my bike 20 miles on Saturday.  I don't know what that is in metric, but I bet it sounds better.   Instead of telling people I rode 20 miles, I could say I rode 60 Kilometers.  Much more impressive!