July 4

July 8, 2009

Morning to night. Wellington (Colorado) starts celebrating Independence Day with a pancake breakfast, followed by a parade and car show, and finishing off with a legendary fireworks display. The Northern Colorado Model A Club won first place in the parade’s motorized category.
Photo by Scott Wiebers
Heat quencher. The Wellington (Colorado) Volunteer Fire Department provided one of many showers for participants during the all-day Fourth of July celebration. Mother Nature provided the rest, but didn’t quench the festivities for long.
Photo by Scott Wiebers
Faces of the Fourth of July
Independence Day. Kevin Marsh, carrying the American flag, and Archie Rodriguez, carrying the Colorado flag, represent the Larimer County Sheriff’s Posse during the parade.
Photo by Scott Wiebers
Button collector. Smokey Bear, Al Gore or Ross Perot — affiliation makes no difference to James Crawford as he marches in Wellington (Colorado)’s Fourth of July parade.
Photo by Matt Beeners