Week 7 Prompts # 30

30. Take a look at a photo of a person. What do you see?

It was July 4th in 2000. I was 10 soon to be 11 and it was a warm summer day. I was at the beach and a nice cool breeze was surrounding me from the water. Wearing my favorite pink with black polka dots bathing suit, eating the biggest piece of watermelon that covered my whole face, I stood with my feet in the sand. My curly blond hair was up in pig tails, and my cheeks with flecks of red that was a sign of a little too much sun that day. I was waiting for the parade to start. 

I remember this day as if it was yesterday. Summer was always my favorite time of the year, mostly because my birthday is during that time, but I always loved the sun! I always looked forward to the first time I submerged myself in crisp lake water, and the popsicles that would become one of my main food groups. We were at Ellis Pond where my family has a camp, and where I grew up spending my summers. We moved there in the summer, and it is the main event for many of my fond memories. Every year all of the kids that were around the area got together and lined up for the 4th of July parade. This was so much fun. Finally I got my red, white, and blue hat and off we went around the pond. Celebrating this holiday as I did the years before and the many years that followed.