We headed to Southport for the North Carolina 4th of July festival. I love being here for the 4th. They have quite a few events going on and they take their festival seriously. On the 4th, they have a parade. It's changed somewhat over the last few years. There used to be alot of 'little miss' pageant winners. I loved that. There aren't so many of those anymore but you do have your regular parade fare. There's also a street festivals with food and crafts and such. There are always lots of people there too.
Donkeys Horses and Dogs were invited. I love that the guy leading this donkey has his face covered.
Little Dare-devil cars. I LOVE these. They crack me up.
Colorful characters.
Patriotic mobiles.
Real live floats like you'd expect to see in a parade.
Bands and band leaders...this guy was jammin'.
The best part is that it's walking distance to where my Dad keeps his boat, so when we've had enough festival fun, we head over to the boat and just hang out there.
This year, Grandaddy (my Dad) taught the girls how to fish. Rena was interested. She even got to use real hooks. By the time I was her age, I was really fishing in the yacht basin in Atlantic Beach and catching spots and pin fish. I loved to fish and used to be pretty good at it. I wish we lived closer to the beach so my girls could learn that too.
After all of the festivities of the day, we settled in on the bow of the boat to watch the fireworks out over the water. It's great. Perfect view. No crowd. When a really beautiful display goes off, everyone whistles and blows their boat horns. All in all, it's a very patriotic day.
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That looks like so much fun! I love the 4th of July!
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