4th of July in Atwater

Atwater always has a nice parade on the 4th of July. This year my friend Carole asked if I would like to ride in the rumble seat with her in her cousin Don's Model A. Of course I said yes. It sounded like a lot of fun.
We parked about 2 blocks from where the parade was to begin; an easy walk. We found Don and his Model A on Winton Way. A friend of his was trying to get the car started!! Don had driven to Ballico and all over and it was working fine until now.
Couldn't get it started, so we left the car, walked a block to watch the parade. Several minutes later and before the parade got started, Don decided to walk back to the car and try to start it again.
He walked back to get us and and said he got the car started. We got back in the rumble seat and moved slowly to get in line. Don had a good position this year in the parade. Number 3 in line. The Model A's were all riding together, and we slowly inched along. Then everyone stopped. Don's Model A stopped too. And wouldn't start again. That was the end of our riding in the parade.
We watched the parade in the shade of the big trees on the corner of Elm and Winton Way. It was still a fun day.

Here is a picture of Carole and her cousin Don.

4TH OF JULY LUNCH AT RANCHO GRANDE
At 2:00 p.m. the residents started filling up the Club House at the mobile home park for a lunch that was served at 3:00 p.m.
After lunch there was a drawing for cash prizes.

Here is John the manager calling out a winning number.
His wife Shirley let the winner choose an envelope with cash inside. The envelopes had different amounts inside.

John insisted he was shaking up the tickets, but the numbers called were nowhere near what Carolyn, Betty or I had. But near the end, Carolyn's number was called (543) and she won ten dollars.

After another winner my number was called (#544) and next finally John called out #545 and Betty won. She looks like she isn't going to share her prize.

So, now I'm home and listening to the fireworks both outside and on TV. Saw some beautiful fireworks outside. The ones that went high enough to be seen from here. They were going off in all directions. People must be shooting them off from their homes. It can't be legal. They are beautiful though.