Fourth of July

I woke up too early but decided to take advantage of the light and get out for some photos. The first one I took is my favorite.

The sun was up, but we had fog to soften the light.

As I approached the village, signs informed me there was a special event, and I quickly discovered my ideas of where I would go would be thwarted. I was going to go take a picture of the bridge, but the roads were blocked. I parked where I could– this is always a nice bench to photograph.

There is no parking in Coronado Village at all…

…but since I was there so early, I was able to park for a few minutes to take pictures of the beach.

Someone defaced our beautiful benches. I marked out their message because that would just reward the behavior. I’m not impressed.

I was impressed by people already out with their tents to see the parade much later today. It’s nice to see people making a big effort to enjoy the celebration.