Fireworks

It's the Fourth of July.

I'm in Truckee. It's been a good trip so far.

The drive went really well ... for me. I slept pretty much the whole way. It rocked.

Bill drove most of the whole way. Sean drove for about an hour. That hour was pretty important. It totally woke Bill up.

After about 6 hours of driving, Bill let his 15-year-old take the wheel. We were in the middle of Nevada. You can pretty much see the rest of the day's drive in front of you, so it's a good place for a young driver to get some highway experience.

Even with a straight road, it's still tough to keep an SUV straight on the road when you're new to driving and doing so at 80 mph.

So Sean was behind the wheel and Bill was trying to catch a cat nap. A couple of overcorrections and a hit to the rumble strips along side the road and Bill was full of adrenaline and ready to finish the drive.

We got to Truckee in record time - 11.5 hours.

I've never made it in less than 13 before. So I got a bunch of much needed sleep, Margaret got to watch the 6th season of the Simpsons, Sean got some highway driving experience and Bill ... well, he got to drove a whole bunch.

But we're here now.

Yesterday afternoon, my mom and I were running errands. She decided we needed to stop by the fabric store to pick up some material to make Margaret a July Fourth dress.

That's right, yesterday afternoon she bought some fabric and made this dress:

She was the cutest little kid at the parade today, that's for sure.

The parade was fun ... much better than the ones we have in Grand Junction which are filled with political candidates and ... well, that's about it.

Tonight, my folks, Mar and I saw the fireworks that were set off over Donner Lake. Bill and Sean are seeing Sonic Youth in concert.

So, it's been a good visit so far ... and we've totally been able to scam wireless.