July Fourth Weekend

I have never been a fan of the Fourth of July. Growing up in Kendallville this holiday was code word for: Smelly, beer gut, beer guzzling men allowed to play with fire. I am also not a big fan of load booms. Mostly because you spend thousands of dollars for a three second thrill. Starving children could use that money in better fashion. Despite this negative bias I actually enjoyed my July forth weekend. I didn't have to work and I got to enjoy nature with some friends. Here are some of the pictures.



Apparently bark makes campfires smoke more. Didn't know that till today. Here is Katie cutting away at the bark.



Here is Matt getting ready to fish. He spent nine dollars on a fishing licence for one day. Pretty steep if you ask me. He caught two itty bitty fish.



Here is Fran, Matt's mother. She is heating up some macaroni with hot dogs for the hungry crew.



I opted not to go in the boat. Mainly because they almost guaranteed that the boat would tip at least once. When we reconnected with the boating crew they informed us that this indeed did happen.