4th of july in juneau.

ah, the 4th of july.  i never quite know what to do with this holiday.  jump for joy? cry?  huddle in a hole? cheer at the parade?  it's just kind of a baffling holiday...a mingling of sadness and joy for all this country is/could be.

in juneau, this holiday is blown way out of proportion because it's one of two days the miner's had off back in the early white days (the other was christmas).  so the festivities started last night with $30,000 worth of fireworks and people jammed up at the pier.  and its hard not to get caught up in the excited and enthusiasm of thousands of my fellow citizens cheering. so i cheered!

and today we're going to go fishing & maybe catch the sand castle contest over on douglas island...and maybe the soapbox derby.  families hanging together, outside. that is good.

meanwhile, at the local blockbuster video store, they are collecting used dvds to send to the troops in iraq.  

happy 4th of july.