Summer is roller coaster season, right?  Well, while some of you may have visited an amusement park to celebrate the long weekend (go you!), our little family got a different kind of ride.  One that, if I'm honest, I'm not looking to get in line for again.

  Miss Ivy had been excited for a month to volunteer at the Four Mile Historic Park Independence Celebration.  She'd missed 2019 when my sister passed away and we all know what happened in 2020.  Rhonda the Honda...it's a long story, don't ask...had other plans.  Right after we dropped her off, the alternator died on the way to Midas to get checked out.  The weekend went to Defcon 2 just like that.  Thank goodness for awesome mechanic nephews who save the day and loan you a car until they fix yours.  

  But just like that roller coaster I was referencing, after the sickening drop you start having fun.  The car got fixed and we enjoyed a beautiful night in Castle Rock and I got to play around with long exposures during the professional show the town put on.  Whew, we made it!