I am up in the mountains for the 4th and there is no better place to be. The lady who wrote American the Beautiful wrote it in Colorado Springs where she must have been awed and inspired by the beautiful scenery. today we have just finished with a short little afternoon rain shower, but now it is blue sky and sun once more. I am feeling twinges of patriotism in spite of being worried about the condition of the US at present. Hurrah for Thomas Jefferson! Hurrah for free public elections! Hurrah for the 4th of July!
Plant detective