A few weeks ago it was Coventryfest which is the town’s celebration for 4th July but is on the weekend a few days early. We went down to our beachy area that morning at the lake for a swim and people were already reserving the picnic benches at the beach by leaving things out then driving off to return later! We left the beach just as it was starting to get busy and when we came back for the fireworks it was absolutely packed. Our beach is shared by about 3 streets but usually it’s pretty empty. All the boats were out on the lake with their lights shining across the water, waiting for the fireworks to start.
I wasn’t sure what to expect but it was a really good display, we sat in our fold out chairs with wine, liberally covered in bug repellent and saw what $10,000 worth of fireworks looked like.
That weekend we browsed the flea market my friend tipped us off about at the drive in movie theater.
There was a lot of random things including probably every Fisher Price toy and Barbie Kim and I had ever owned, bizarre junk, china, old Americana.
It just went on and on, we enjoyed having a good browse but settled on some plants.
On Independence Day I got the day off from work which was nice, we went to visit the in-laws and have a little swim in the pool and a cookout.
I got introduced to the world of competitive eating… a yearly hot dog eating contest they said, that sounds funny I thought… ew. Turns out watching a man eat 74 hot dogs in 10 minutes is not pleasant to watch. See in background – hot dog hats!
Then I got introduced to bull riding, I thought this might be a bit cruel but from what I could see the bulls looked well cared for and didn’t get hurt… the riders however, they got bucked and trampled on and run at which was quite entertaining. One poor man got trampled in such a way that made me wonder if he was still fertile afterwards but I suppose that’s what you get for riding a bull? Perhaps it’s natural selection. When a rider comes off they have rodeo clowns that try to distract the bull away from goring the guy that fell off. All the riders have a ranking but the bulls also have a ranking on their difficulty level. They each have a funny name like Buckeyed-Bill or Heart Break Kid. So I enjoyed that.
We got out in the canoe again which was beautiful, we’re getting the hang of it.
The weather has been making it difficult though because it’s either blistering heat or chucking it down with rain alternately so not ideal! Lucky we live in an age of air conditioning.
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