Cultural Event #2

For my second cultural event I went to the 4th of July parade this weekend. I went with my best friend the night before to join my family who was camping out overnight to save us a good spot to see the parade the next morning. This is a tradition my grandpa has started and has continued every year for as long as I can remember. When we showed up my grandpa was there with a bunch of my younger cousins and they allready had a card table set up and were having lots of fun. Me and my friend decided to go check out all the stuff at the farmers markert that were set up on center street in provo and maybe play some games at the carnival to win a stuffed animal or something. We saw some really cool things all around. A local artist was sitting in the middle of his art gallery with his wife and had all of his pictures he had painted hanging up on the walls all around him. I was amazed with the talent he had. His pictures were mostly paintings of the outdoors and cowboys working and riding their horses. I really related to that because I've done that work up in idaho and I love it! We also passed a little peruvian store that was selling all kinds of peruvian jewlery, clothes and souvenirs. I think that was my favorite booth because Peru is where I served my mission and everyday I saw those kinds of little stores and it brought back all kinds of memories. I also got to talk to the owner of the store who was a nice man from Lima Peru. Very cool!! We bought some jamba juice right after that and I recomend that nobody does that next year if they go because our strawberry drink tasted just like carbonated lemonade and I also recomend that nobody plays those little games they have for stuffed animals. I spent five bucks and made two baskets in basketball and won a stuffed animal that was smaller than my hand. We went back to our camp spot after that and spent hours playing lots of different card games and the favorite of the night was scum. After the card playing was done we all flooded into a motorhome and watched a movie which was a very good thing because it started to thunder outside and then rain hard! It didn't last to long though so after the movie we all went back outside and slept under the stars untill 4 in the morning when we got up and moved all our stuff right up to the side of center street because at that time the local authorities allow you to. We ejoyed watching the parade that morning as a family and with so many people from all around who come to share these moments together as we remember our founding fathers and all that they did to ensure the blessings that we enjoy today. I loved when the American flag came by at the beginning and all of us stood and put our hand over our hearts and quietly stood and pondered the meaning of it. It was a very great experience for me and i'm happy I was able to do it.