Fourth of July weekend

Here's my now Canopy Cover installed

Ripley takes his seat on the center console

This past weekend was one where

both Elizabeth and I were busy, 

starting out early on the Fourth of

July participating in the LBK Town

Freedom Festival Parade.

Not much of a parade, of course, with a distance of about one quarter of a mile, from the bank down to the post office turnaround, and back to the bank.  We had far more people than last year (which included my wife who didn't go in 2013).  So many people more that next year they might have to extend the parade 

route to include the turn-around at

the Jewish Temple.

In fact, it's billed as the shortest parade in the nation, and after the parade there are kids games, food, and a butterfly release.  Parade started at 0900, line up was

more like 0830.

By the time I arrived at 8:35, there  were already two brand new

2014 seventh generation C-7 Corvettes in attendance.  My C-6 as situated between a John Deere Tractor and a U.S. Tow boat 

on a trailer.  My buddies' C-5 was pretty much bringing up the rear of the rolling stock

After the parade, I went out to the airport and with J.B. Wild's help, put the new Canopy Cover on our airplane.  I also (prior to putting the cover on, naturally) managed to do some touch-and-go's at KSRQ (Sarasota) for about .8 hours on the Hobbs.  That's the meter that tracks engine hours and in this case translated to probably taxi out, take off, shoot four Touch and Go's, and then one full stop landing.

Susan riding "back seat" on Steve's tractor

After I came back from the airport we fixed some dinner and
I did a bit of studying for my pilots written exam, and then we drove over to the peninsula behind the Marina at the LBK Club Harbourside to watch the fireworks from afar.

Ripley was sniffing, not interested in cooperating.

The outfits chosen were all my wife's work, having purchased my teeshirt, and making
her own with rick-rack and ribbons. The umbrella came from an earlier outing with the Corvette Club, where fellow
veterans were given one free from a vets
organization in Lakewood Ranch.