Fireworks, Food, Friends and Family

This Fourth of July was full of lots of things.  Fireworks lit the sky here in the Finger Lakes area of NY even though lightning filled it earlier in the evenings of the 3rd and 4th.  The KOA was filled to capacity with mostly happy campers and their kids and pets.  Even Zeke met a twin dachshund who camped across the street from us during the weekend.  He was a 5 month old that looked exactly like Zeke with the exception of Toby having a white star on his chest.  His brown markings matched Zeke's and their sizes were the same.

On Friday evening Chris and his family joined me at the AOK KOA Kafe for dinner with Curtis (Papaw) cooking.  Curtis had a very busy weekend cooking breakfasts, dinners and serving ice cream.  Acacia made a delicious fresh strawberry pie for us to enjoy for dessert.  Earlier in the day she and I took Connor and McKenzie to see "Night at the Museum-Battle in the Smithsonian".  It was very enjoyable and a nice way to keep little ones happy on a day that was too cool to go swimming.

We have made some good friends here in NY at the campground and it was fun to see them this past weekend enjoying each other and their families.   Lots of laughter and fun was had by all.

Alas, a sad note was added when we learned that our former pastor in San Francisco had passed away after complications from an infection took him.  He had both legs amputated due to the infection and it continued to attack his heart and body.  Thankfully, he was delivered into the Savior's arms and is now "dancing" in heaven with all the other saints who have gone before.  His passing left a large hole in the church in San Francisco and especially his family and friends.