July 4th Is A Long Day

All the locals participate and people
come in from campgrounds and motels
for all you can eat pancakes and sausage
with milk, juice and coffee.



Gordon Scheer and Phil serve at the
Rotary 4th of July weekend Pancake
breakfast.    



I often mention that Grand Lake is a sample of 'Small Town America'
I still tear up with the Air Force 'Fly Over', a very moving moment.



Poncho and Miguel are amazed with
the platform of fireworks, looks
like cannons.



Jill keeps her boat handy all Summer at the
Scheer cottage boathouse and loves to give
a boat tour around Grand Lake.  There is history,
gossip and ghost stories about the many houses
on the lake if you take one of the paid tours from the
beach.  It was  a little cloudy but not cold as it can
sometimes be on the 4th. 

    This year the 4th of July was a four day week end starting on Friday, the 1st.  We drove from the Denver airport up the mountain in bumper to bumper traffic most of the time, taking at least one hour more than normal.  Grand Lake is a popular area to celebrate the 4th with a spectacular fireworks display from a platform in the middle of the lake.  This is well known and people stakeout their seating along the lake by early morning. Scott's parents have owned a cottage with boat house on the lake for many years and Gordon Scheer was gracious to invite us with our guest from Guadalajara.  We enjoyed a typical 4th of July dinner on the Scheer's deck with Gordon (our host), his daughter and her husband from Salt Lake, Jill and Scott and ourselves.  Many people go out on the lake to watch the fireworks.  Everyone packed into Jill's boat and Pancho took 35 minutes of video of the fireworks.  It looks like the fireworks are directly above and a unique experience.  The problem is the traffic leaving Grand Lake.  We arrived back home after midnight.

Photos do not convery the real beauty of the colors



4th July dinner on Scheer's deck.  Scott and Jill on the left end
Chris standing behind her dad, Gordon.  You know the others.
We didn't get everyone in the photo.  Yes, most of us have
sweaters or vest on.