[wp_caption id="attachment_176" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Winter Dreams"][/wp_caption] ...well, okay, it was the best boat parade Lewes, DE has ever had, anyhow. Even after having to wait almost 45 minutes for the boat parade to start late (but I'm not complaining!), the audience at the Lewes City Dock on Friday July 4th, 2008 was unrelentlessly and enthusiastically cheering for the 30 to 40 boats decked out in red, white and blue and filled with costumed and radiant boaters proudly displaying their patriotic spirit. The boat parade's emcee thanked the participants for "risking their children's inheritance" in order to pay for the gas to run their boats in the parade...She and another announcer also took the opportunity during the wait for the parade to start to exhort everyone to donate to the worthy Overfalls Lightship Restoration Project and to thank all the "dirty hands crew" volunteers who have worked to get the boat to the condition it is in today. They've raised over $1 million with another $1 million more needed in order to make the boat sea-worthy. It was a calm and sunny day, perfect for a parade...and once it actually began, all delays were forgiven and forgotten (mostly). We'll post more photos from the 4th of July as we receive them. Hope everyone else enjoyed the festivities in Lewes as much as we did... [wp_caption id="attachment_177" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="Uncle Sam strikes a post in front of the Lightship Overfalls on the 4th of July in Lewes"][/wp_caption]

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