A Quiet 4th

We had a fairly quiet day yesterday for the 4th of July. 

In the morning we took a long walk on the Des Moines Creek Trail. It was lovely in the leafy shade.

It is under the flight path for SeaTac International airport, so the quiet is punctuated with the noise of aircraft, some higher,

 some lower.

 But otherwise the sounds you hear are the babbling brook and bird songs.

 It's a lovely green belt in the ravine formed by the creek.

But we do owe the trail to the fact that it covers the main trunk line to the sewage treatment plant.  It's a great example of multi-purpose.

 The creek ends where it empties into Puget Sound at the Des Moines marina.

 The Olympic Mountains make a wonderful backdrop to the view.

I had to wait until I solved another computer glitch before I could bring you these photos.  It seems I have completely worn out the card reader in my CPU.  It was giving we some trouble, but yesterday it wouldn't read my camera cards at all.

This morning I was off the Best Buy to check with the Geek Squad about what to do, have it repaired, or buy a card reader.  As I expected, the best bet was to buy an external card reader, for under $30.

So now I am back in business!

Oh, and we did have a quiet afternoon on the patio yesterday, then grilled some steaks, then watched the Sounders and the LA Galaxy play to a hard fought 0-0 tie.  We watched the Seattle fireworks on TV, which seems kind of lame, but the traffic wasn't a problem. :-)

Considering that all of the local municipalities have banned fireworks, it was very noisy well past midnight around here, with things exploding in every direction.

This morning I went for a walk in the local park.  What a mess!  Remains of fireworks everywhere.  I don't mind if people have fun, but why can't they pick up after themselves?

And why pass ordinances if you don't intend to enforce them?