4th Of July - Awwww Yeahhh!

Happy 4th of July - Independence Day to all my family and friends in the USA.

It's always a great celebration and I have many good memories .. my fave 4th Of July's where always heading out on Lake Union in Hackett's boat. Captain Hackett graciously - and amazingly - was the designated boat driver for this celebration. Usually we'd bake in the sun all day drinking beer, eating good food until the sunset - a Chinook helicopter would fly over trailing the biggest flag you've ever seen - then the fireworks would commence. Enough fireworks to blow the DeathStar shot into the sky - bigger than any Bonfire Night. After a long days drinking in the sun - Iswear I saw a Jimi Hendrix firework expand in the heavens more than once ... hahahaha. So today - Captain Hackett where ever you maybe in the USA ... I raise this beer to you and say "Awwwww Yeahhhhh, I hope our paths cross once more one day.."

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More than once people asked me "What are you celebrating for?". Dang good question ... and I always said .. " 'Cuz where taking it back. It's only on lease you know.". Man we messed up (The English) .. particularly in the Pacific Northwest ... we had it all man. Paradise and we lost it. Too think .. all this outside of my window could be and was English. Awwww buggggerrrrrr.

So to all my great friends in America - my family - Have a nice day.