On the 4th of July, we always plan our day around being on the beach at around 1pm when the Salute From the Shore military aircraft flyover begins. My dad, a retired Air Force Colonel, was a fighter pilot for the nearly 30 years of his military career, so I always enjoy any kind of flyover (makes me feel nostalgic to living on Air Force bases and hearing jets take off all of the time) and I love the visual to give the kids of just how cool Papa has always been. So, on this day, we took our daily long bike ride in the morning (and conscious that I never get photos of such a big part of our week--bike rides--I made sure to capture some this year).
Other 4th of July traditions we've kept through the years, in addition to catching the flyover, is watching some of the hot dog eating championship on ESPN, eating our own hot dogs, hamburgers, and watermelon for dinner or late lunch, spending several hours at the beach, and then heading back to the beach at dusk, donning our glow necklaces and bracelets, to catch fireworks that people and hotels set off up and down the beach (and sometimes even across the water at Tybee). Happy 4th of July!
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