Monday, July 04, 2005

Happy Birthday America

Today we immersed ourselves in Independence Day activities beginning with the July 4 parade through Steamboat's main street and concluding with an impressive fireworks display at Howelsen Hill, Steamboat's original ski mountain and the location for our Olympic standard ski jumping hill.

Americans tend to be much more overt in their expressions of patriotism than Australians, but today's activities seemed to me to strike just the right balance. The parade in particular was simply people getting together to celebrate and express pride in who they are and what they do, and to thank their neighbours for their contributions as well.

To top it off, the weather was just awesome. There can be few places more idyllic than Steamboat Springs on a perfect July day.

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