110 W. First Street: 4th of July - La Veta/Cuchara Style

I went to 2 Fourth of July parades; one in Cuchara on the actual 4th and one here in La Veta on the 5th. The parade particpants throw candy to the crowd. The little kids get sooo excited! About 3000 people show up! No joke!

There are bands and the restaurants (all 2 of them) set up a huge BBQ!

My little pal, Stephanie

These next 3 photos are for Tina-K.

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And for my croshit buddies......

dog lovers.....

We're on the "A" list of invitees for social gatherings around town, if you can believe that! Most of you know Andy's adversion to venturing farther than a 25 foot perimeter of his home. We were invited to "Circle the Wagons RV Park" Fourth of July BBQ by Tom & Darlene Taylor. They are truly great people. They bought the RV park about the same time we bought our little house. We had our RV parked at their place for 6 months and became friends. They BBQ'd for the all their guests at their R.V. park.

The following day we met up with friends at the festivites in a La Veta park. La Veta does their thing the weekend following the fourth; it's the same sort of venue as Rods & Roses for you Carpies.

Last night we went to another BBQ at our next door neighbors, Pat & Cindy Campbell. We met 3 other couples and expanded our social circle! Lots of fun!!

True to the tradition, Andy had me working on my birthday. I demo'd the bathroom; pulled out cabinets, vanity, the jacuzzi tub and pedestal sink. Then I pulled the toilet, removed 3 layers of flooring, then reset the toilet. Andy prefers the toilet in the house to the r.v. accomodations. I have to agree the extra leg room is nice.