July 4th, 2007

Maggie and I spent this Fourth of July with our friends who live in Newport, at the beach about an hour from Corvallis. The great part is that they actually live about 200 feet from the actual sand. It was a perfect venue for some grillin' and firecracker antics.

Woman helps man make fire.
Man prepares grilling surfaces.

Man experiments with evaporative cooling.

Man uses sparkler to re-ignite charcoal based fire.

Man and Woman cuddle.

Man puts shrimp in his mouth.

Man and Woman rehydrate with watermelon.

Man ponders Bernoulli's Principle and other advanced physics.

Man leaves Woman. Woman seems sad. Woman still has beer. Woman is happy again.

Army Men and Women serve country well, but lack manners and conversational skills.

Man embraces Woman after sunset.

Man kisses Woman and is forced to admit that it is a good picture. Man subsequently agrees to post picture on blog, against his better judgement and his standing rule of "no pictures of me kissing are to be posted on the Internet".