“Brings the symphony of crickets and the dance of fireflies in the evening air.” — Unknown.

We got to celebrate the 4th of July going to three seperate gatherings!

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Wouldn’t it have been a blast to have a bounce slide when we were kids.

We saw the fireworks in Pendleton where we use to live from our friends backyard.

Thanks to my cousins, friends and my former boss and her family, we had a grand 4th of July filled with delicious food and laughter.

On Sunday July 7th myself and my cousins.

You gotta have really strong triceps & biceps to do these stunts.

First there was one motorcycle, then there were two.

Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung. – P. T. Barnum
 Be a Clown. – Barnum & Bailey Circus:

It was a fun time seeing the circus, but I missed them not having animals.

I’ve been helping Warrens Corners Methodist Church get ready for their

It was from Friday July 12th to Saturday July 13th.

They have great helpers who set up the tables inside, the garage and outide for the sale. As well as people to work at the sale and people who pickup after the sale.

The Sale was a huge succes! I truly enjoy going to this church because of all the awesome people.

Everything was Excelente!

Lots of food and drinks that were delicioso, just like a mexicano restaurante.

Thanks Tasha for inviting us to the party it was magnífico seeing you and friends.

We went to CanalFest a large outdoor festival along the banks the Historic Erie Barge Canal. It is a 8-day festival that is shared by the Twin Cities of Tonawanda & North Tonawanda close to where we’re staying in Western New York. Our main reason for going was to see the Seneca Chief. It’s a replica of the original Seneca Chief that was the first boat to travel down the Erie Canal when it opened nearly 200 years ago in 1825. It is 73’ long, 12’6” wide, and it will weigh over 40 tons, rebuilding it has been a community project with 200 volunteers that came to the Buffalo Maritime Center at the Longshed to build and bring the Seneca Chief to life. This It has been under construction for four years and it came to Canalfest to show off!

The “Seneca Chief,” was built to celebrate the Bicentennial of the Erie Canal happening in October 2025. It will depart on the voyage from Buffalo to New York Harbor to commemorate the Bicentennial of Gov. DeWitt Clinton’s 1825 Inaugural Voyage. The Boat is central to the story of the Erie Canal and the history of New York State. One objective of the Erie Canal Boat Project is to work with the community to teach and preserve traditional boatbuilding skills. Another objective is to inspire awareness and conversations about how the Erie Canal has impacted the people and places of the state and the rest of the country.

The original “Seneca Chief,” with Gov. Dewitt Clinton on board, made the first Erie Canal trip on Oct. 26, 1825, travelling 4 mph and being pulled by mules traveling adjacent on towpaths.

Governor Clinton and his party boarded the packet boat Seneca Chief, with two wooden barrels of Lake Erie water, to begin the journey from Buffalo to New York City. Eight days later, Clinton ceremoniously emptied the water into the Atlantic Ocean to marry the waters as a symbol of the importance of this canal.

 The construction of the Erie Canal was a landmark civil engineering achievement in the early history of the United States. When built, the 363-mile (584 km) canal was the second-longest in the world (after the Grand Canal in China). Originally 40 feet wide and 4 feet deep, it is now 120 feet wide and 12 feet deep with 34 locks in its current 351 miles.

 A tremendous success, the waterway accelerated settlement of western New York, Ohio, Indiana, and the upper Midwest including the founding of hundreds of towns such as Clinton, in DeWitt County, Illinois, and DeWitt, in Clinton County, Iowa.

On July 21st The church that Dave belonged to growing up in Swormville had their annual 175 church picnic. D It was a three day event. We met some friends who have been going to the picnic often. We were saying that on the first picnic they came in horse and buggy.

It was fun seeing friends there.

Dave went e-bike riding with friends.

He borrowed a friends e-bike to go for a 31 mile round trip. They on Cleveland street in Tonawanda and continued to Delaware Paark and then the Peace Brifge and back.

Unfortunately one of the guys got a flate along the way, but the issue was solved and they headed back to Cleveland street.

Dave enjoyed riding the e-bike. He said it was a work out becasue they did pedal often. And if they had regular bikes they would never driven 31 miles in the lenght of time they did. I’ve only driven an e-bike once for a very short time, it was defintely different and great for up hill. I’m not ready for an e-bike and I don’t think Dave is either.