[Mama_Bear]

We can barely see the Downtown Beachside fireworks from our deck....and there is a guy in Hope Ranch who has huge, spectacular displays every year that we can see very well from the yard.

Oh, how I envy you living in SB, Misty. I didn't appreciate it all that much when I lived there, but now I miss it so much. I learned to drive in Hope Ranch, around and around the winding roads. Such good memories from there. :-)

Have a safe and happy 4th of July weekend.

[larryjohnson]

A clam and lobstah bake Fourth to all from Maine. My SIL is a many gen Mainiac but will help me do a beach bake for the first time. Over 25 guests,including my Swedish cousins who share my great grandpa(far mor far). dem wife invited her liberal friends. I will be nice.

[MistyCA]

Thank you! I think we don't appreciate much of what we become too accustomed to. I use to get up in the morning and walk through Hope Ranch every day as a kid. I also learned how to drive there! LOL. Small world, isn't it? :))