Happy birthday America!

My alarm buzzed at 4:30 this morning and I immediately turned it off and went back to sleep until eight. Liz nursed Luke in the meantime, and then they went back to sleep until ten. So not a productive morning. No walk or goats. Our friends Michael and Sally came up just before noon, and we had a great time together. We just relaxed for a while at the cottage and then took them on a little mountain tour. We saw the natural bridge and several overlooks, went to the crafts fair, and of course went to see the goats. Luke was incredibly well behaved the whole time. After Sally and Michael left we went to dinner at the Blue Chair tavern. We sat outside and enjoyed the fresh air. I played with Luke for a little while back at the cottage, then drove over to campus for the fireworks show. Roads were closed and so I had to walk all the way from the main chapel. Tons of people were there. I set up my camera next to the lake. The show started fifteen minutes late and lasted all of twelve minutes. It was pretty cool though. I’m not sure how my pictures turned out; probably not great. It’s a little bit of a downer that we’ll be leaving the Mountain tomorrow. I don’t really want to go back to “real life”.