We got home just in time to celebrate Canada's version of our Independence Day. As it was Sunday, we sang their national anthem in Sacrament Meeting... O Canada. It was very stirring! I'll have to admit that it made me a little nostalgic for the US. They had this sheet music on every chair (I think because MOST Canadians don't know the 2nd & 3rd verses! They usually only sing the first verse. Many of the members said..."We didn't even know there WERE any other verses !)
That night we went with the Merpaw to see the fireworks they shoot off over the St.Lawrence River.
We were appropriately attired in our CANADA T-Shirts!
We went to the small town next door to us - Long Sault (pronounced Long-Sue) and at right out by the river. We've NEVER been so close to fireworks in our lives! The roped off part of the lawn was where all the machinery was and they shot off the fireworks from there. We were probably only 200 yards away!! WOW! It was really fantastic to be that close. We were even closer than when we went to the A's stadium to watch fireworks on Zach's birthday!
It was a wonderful evening. Everyone who came wore some kind of red & white. Everyone brought lawn chairs and just enjoyed the nice cool evening by the river. There was mostly families, no drinking, no loud music, and no one ruined it in any way. What a refreshing change!
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Those crazy Canadians. Is there anything they won't do to try to show us up?
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