An excellent Fourth of July weekend

So this year I spent my first real Fourth of July in Annapolis (last year we had small group, and I was out of town for part of the weekend). After relaxing all day Saturday, Inocente, Rene, and I walked downtown on Sunday to view the fireworks. I ran into Craig and Mary, who are expecting in a few months, and we also saw Marcos, Julio, and Joaquin (brother of Cecilio, who hosts small group in his house). We enjoyed a nice leisurely walk toward the center, leaving here about 8 and arriving there about 8:45. I chatted with Mary and Craig for a bit, and we grabbed a spot of pavement near Julio and Marcos to watch the fireworks that started at 9:15. They went on for about 20 mins, after which we waited a bit for the crowds to clear out then walked back home.

On Monday, Rene had this tip about a cheap dentist in DC who did work "on the side" during the weekends, so he asked me for a ride to Colonial Heights. We picked up Chun, who also wanted work done on one of his molars, and arrived there about 10 a.m. Remember that Monday 5 July 2010 set a record high over 100F in DC, so it wasn't exactly pleasant to walk around in the heat. The dentist turned out to be one of those 'too good to be true' stories (he was crazy- really- couldn't even talk straight), so we skipped out on him after about 5 mins and decided to go visit the White House (la Casa Blanca) instead. We walked 5 blocks from our parking spot to the Colonial Heights metro line (fortunately the Metro had some air conditioning), then made our way 8 more blocks east of Chinatown to the White House. By then the heat was getting to us all, so we took a few quick pics, rested a little, and headed back to the car- arriving back in Annapolis a little before 3 p.m.

Here are pics of both fireworks and our trip to the White House: