Happy Fourth of July

What better way to celebrate the birthday of our great country than by cooking out and watching the fireworks display from Washington Park?  Well, how about also spending the day with Titan on the River?

It was his first time visiting Belle Isle, and I think he really liked it.  He certainly made a splash with the other Richmonders!

He even behaved enough to sit through an official Fourth of July photo shoot with me.

He also managed to learn how to work some of the old iron mill machinery.

Come here, boy!

Titan nobly guarded the old entrance to the iron forgery.

Of course, no day is complete without some sort of medical activity.  There was a guy laying out on the rocks who we all thought was sunbathing, but then later discovered had hurt his neck while body surfing down the James River rapids.  I stayed there until the EMTs arrived, stabilized his cervical spine, and took him away on the ambulance.

I'm further showing my national pride today by taking in a French medical exchange student for the month.  LOLWUT!?  Who knew that there were still exchange students at our age??