America's birthday

"Amazed by the light, an unidentified child players with a sparkler before the Fourth of July firework show in Shrewsbury, Pa., July 4, 2009.

I got back into the U.S. just in time to celebrate the Fourth of July.

All day I played the 2009 version of horseshoes called cornhole, ate pit beef, apple pie, and drank American beer.

At dusk, I ventured up to Pennsylvania with some friends. In Maryland, it's illegal to shoot off fireworks at your own home. So we went to Pennsylvania where fireworks are legal.

We not only saw a safe, legal show, but a good show of pyrotechnics in the streets and random peoples backyards.

I didn't shoot much, but I snapped this of a kid playing with a sparkler right before the big show of light.

Happy (late) birthday, America.