The north wind that blows on the beach through the daylight hours in July and August is sort of maddening and probably the one thing about living there I don't really miss. Of course when you go just a couple miles inland it's gone.
We had a nice 4th down in Eugene, the heat in little week long spells is not so bad. We went over the the oldest girl's place for some burgers & beers and the usual “quiet” neighborhood celebration (I don't know why Oregon makes people go out of state for the good fireworks).
I’m glad you had such a nice Independence Day!
Spending it with the family is the only way to go.
Our kids and grands were camping with the evil* in-laws, so we didn’t get to spend any time with them.
However, our nephew from Texas was here in a Drum corps competition.
He’s the one who wanted to go to the beach as he’s never been here before.
My idea of a beach is anything in the Caribbean, Hawaii or Florida. ;o)
* JK about that...they are actually very nice, though my son-in-law’s step-mom bears a resemblance to “evil” every now and then. lol