Red, White, and Blue...

There are a few choice places to visit on the 4th of July to BBQ, hang on the beach, and watch the fireworks above... I spent mine this year in my own state of Hawaii.. Waikiki Beach to be exact! If you've never had the opportunity to spend our day of Independence in Hawaii, I highly suggest you make it a travel destination in the years to come.. I first had to film for Hawaii HI-Lights (shocker!) to cover the Regatta McFarlane canoe races that take place every year. Rows and rows of canoe racers and spectators line up starting at 8am until around 2 or 3pm, race after race to compete for the massive trophy's and bragging rights. Good thing call time was 10am at Duke's!



We had pretty little props for our table..



After filming we hungout and enjoyed the beautiful view of clear blue ocean and skies.. to die for.. Flotilla was off in the distance awaiting our arrival..




If you haven't heard of flotilla it's basically a man made island in the middle of the ocean.. man made of surfboards, paddleboards, canoes, boats, and floaties! A couple of the boats this year had music blaring from it, one boat had a full on band doing some old school rock songs and another had some electro-pop music.. People find various ways of getting out to the fun.. Heidi, Giselle, and I decided to brave the waves on our floaties by swimming the half mile out from shore to get to the madness.. WE MADE IT!!




Sadly we missed the fireworks at the end of the night.. We were too busy stuffing our faces with yummy goodness from the Cheesecake Factory to notice any fireworks going off.. We literally missed it by like 2 seconds when we walked out.. oh well.. At least I got to play with some sparklers that weekend.. Maybe next year..


...for the love of America...