It was nice to have a four day weekend to celebrate our country's birthday and just relax!
On Thursday, I went caching around Lowell with my friend Carolyn. She is still figuring caching out but is learning more and more each time. All of the caches that we found were ones that I'd found when I was first caching, so it was nice to revisit them. I even found the third stage (that I'd never found originally) of a four stage cache that I had found four years ago. I ended the day by attending a troop committee meeting.
Friday was a day to relax and catch up on the coupons & grocery shop. Went to Meijer after my coupons were sorted and saved $89 between store specials and coupons. (We really needed stocking up...) Then after I got it all home and stowed away, went back into town where I had the privilege of sitting on an Eagle Scout board of review where we approved our troop's newest Eagle Scout. Congrats, Chili!
Got home from the Board and Steve had the bike loaded so we could go to downtown Ada and watch the fireworks. They were in a new location in Ada which was much more convenient for us, we were right across the street and had a great view! When we got to the area and unloaded the bike, I asked Steve, "Are you sure these are chairs?" (referring to the chairs he'd loaded on the back.) Sure enough, they were the side tables instead. I thought they looked awfully small! So we used them as backrests and sat on the (very nice) grass in front of Amway.
Saturday morning, we slept in then went to beautiful downtown Ada to see the antique car show and stroll around the craft booths and inflatables. Well, sprinkles were threatening so that cut the number of cars, the craft booths didn't have anything we needed, and the inflatables were for the kiddies. So that was that. Then onward to the 4th of July flea market at the Lions park between Ada and Cascade. Shopped the flea market, bought a boy scout belt with a Timber Trails Council buckle, and by the time we were done the Lions themselves were selling bags for a buck. Filled one with odds and ends, and another with books. By this time we were getting tired so decided not to stop by the Cascade festivities. Ended up with a quick trip to WalMart for water balloons for the church picnic, then home for a quiet evening. I had games to get ready for the church picnic though, and filled a bunch of water balloons as well.
Sunday was our church picnic, celebrating the 4th of July a day late. After church and Sunday School, we headed out to Fallasburg Park where we had the pavilion, a pig roast, and potluck fixins. Good time of fellowship. Games afterwards, I was in charge of the kids games where we had an egg toss, water balloon toss, and a few other games.
After the picnic, my friend Carolyn wanted to try my Family of Eagles cache located in the same park. She found the first two stages without too much trouble. On the way to the third, I parked one lot down from where I should have so we ended up with a little extra walking. Also discovered a new "no trespassing" sign right on the way to the cache. So had to move it. Found a new spot on the other side of the road that shouldn't be any problem. Of course, then I had to go back to the second stage and fix the coordinates to reflect the new location. Pretty tired and hot by this time so headed for home.
When I got home, Steve was rarin' to go on a motorcycle ride. I was dead tired but since he'd put up with the flea market the day before, I couldn't turn him down so we ended up riding to Greenville where we ate dinner and headed for home.
Hope everyone else celebrated the holiday just as they wanted to!
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