For over 50 years now, our town of Granbury, Texas, has hosted an old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration. There's a parade in the morning from the high school down the main road of town (Pearl Street) to the Hood County Courthouse square, then around it and back to the high school via Bridge Street (runs parallel to Pearl) and some back roads. As the parade wrapped around the square, children who had participated in a bike/trike decorating contest joined in.
Mark and I drove from the apartment and parked somewhere within reasonable walking distance of the square - maybe in the driveway of our soon-to-be home, which is five blocks away. We spent a little time after the parade wandering around the booths set up on the square itself, where Mark took the photo below.
Mark loved for me to wear that Stetson. It originally belonged to my son, and was purchased for him in Bandera, Texas, in July 1998, when he was twelve. He outgrew it, so it became mine. I probably decorated it with a small flag for this day, but it always has an artificial bluebonnet in the ribbon around the crown. I'm wearing a necklace and earrings Mark gave to me, and holding a fan distributed by a local business.
We could have gone to the rodeo at the Reunion Grounds, but that would have involved driving to another location, so we opted to return to our apartment for the hot afternoon and evening. After dark, we were able to watch the fireworks from the end of our apartment building that was closest to the water, as the firework show occurs over Lake Granbury. Some photos from the parade and the fireworks can be found here.
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