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By Kyle | July 5, 2008
the 4th in the door was a beautiful one that we will never forget. we woke up slow and went to bailey’s harbor for a parade. we had to walk for a couple miles to get to the route, but it was worth the walk. the parade route went north on main street of bailey’s (as the locals call it) and then turned west toward us. from our view the fire trucks and old ford cars and veterans of past wars walked toward us with the harbor as a backdrop. music played, the air smelled of bbq and little ones made a scrum for candy. k2 jumped in my arms at the sound of the fire engine’s horn.
from bailey’s we came back to sister bay and enjoyed the park. they don’t have beaches like we are used to in michigan. everyone here just lays out on the grass of the park by the water. chuk and i did a few flips and jack-knives off the pier into the cool water of sister bay. elizabeth soaked up as many of the suns rays as she possibly could and k2 did what he loves best, played at the waters edge. we believe k2 looks a bit like uncle chuk did when he was that age, i also have found this week that k2 is like his uncle chuk in another way. he loves to throw rocks. i remember as a young boy going to a river in utica, OH and while mom would shopped at ben franklin’s chuk threw rocks into the river. he wouldn’t want to leave. k2 cried when it was time to leave the pebble covered beach yesterday. he could have stayed all day throwing rocks into the water. every time he threw a rock he would make an ‘oooooh’ noise. i love that kid.
the day ended with a beautiful nine mile drive up the coast to gills rock. it was the place to be. the seaquist family welcomed us to their place on the water, a warm white cottage on a bend of gills rock bay. we arrived right at dark and were given wonderful seats under the canopy of a massive pine just above the water. elizabeth sat to my right and k2 on my lap, fully reclined to take in the priceless show. two-hundred yards out in the bay a barge rocked gently were the fireworks would be set off. the horizon was a soft glow of orange and the thumbnail moon rose just above the water. the boom of the fireworks filled the bay and echoed for many seconds following each blast. k2 jumped for the first few until he became used to them. he made noises and said ‘uh oh’ over and over. off in the distance we could see fireworks from escanaba, MI. it was the most beautiful setting in which i have ever watched fireworks. after a raucous finale mr. seaquist had walked to the end of the pier with his trumpet and played taps for what we were told is a traditional ending for gills rock july 4th. the whole bay erupted with applause and cheers.
we drove back south the nine miles into sister bay with the sun-roof open. last night all over America there were little fireworks shows, but it would be hard to find one that was more picture perfect that gills rock.
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July 5th, 2008 at 11:21 am
My son, you definitely have powers of description! Thanks for the photos of the little rock chucker… Sweet shorts, too. We are glad you all are having a good vacation.
We are back at it now.