Saturday, July 4, 2009

American Girls





Happy 4th of July. It was Billi's first as an American. On the 4th I always think of my girls as the classic Americans. As strange as that seems. But they started out as citizens of other countries, of modest(to say the least) means, and immigrated here. And isn't that what America is all about. First generation Americans in their line, it seems very cool to me.
We went to Little Crater Lake. To visit with friends in from Portland camping. I was underwhelmed with the lake. Slightly bigger than my bath tub. But beautiful aqua blue water. Glacier melt that comes up from under volcanic rock, considered a geological oddity. We also finally got to meet Akila, another little girl adopted from Ethiopia. She's a cutie. Fun day in the forest. It sure is beautiful where we live.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

you sound like oliver windell douglas with your america speech. i could almost hear the fife in the background.
you're right though. they are first gens!
did joshi complain about her legs hurting from hiking?
did she remember panties?
nothing more american than running around without panties and complaining.