INDEPENDENCE DAY

The county has been readying for the Fourth of July for weeks. On the island, we will have our own celebration that naturally includes fireworks. But other things are going on, too. Here are some of the old cars showing up:

A close-up of the first one:

This little biplane takes passengers on rides over the area:

Not to forget the ships that have made our port so busy, here's a distant shot of three of them. You can barely see the tops over the trees:

And here is one going out (the one on the left) and one coming in (the one on the right);

Oh, how busy we are! Especially with the tourists already loaded up the streets and restaurants in preparation for the holiday!

LAGONDA CLASSIC CAR

Going into the grocery store, we spied this classic car sitting in front. We and several others took pix and guessed what it was. A Jaguar? An Aston Martin? No one knew.

As I went inside, an elderly man came out and headed for it so of course, I turned around and followed him. He spoke with a British accent and told us the car had belonged to his father. Tags on it suggested he had brought it over from England which explained the steering wheel being on the right side (wrong side for us Americans!).

According to him, the car is a 1950 Lagonda. Lagonda was a sports car manufacturer in the UK bought by Aston Martin. This model has an engine made by Bentley. As he left the parking lot, it put-putted away!

A beautiful car!