I drove 270 miles south to Santa Barbara and celebrated the holiday with Matt and Nancy. Ian's iguana has grown so large that it now requires its own addition to the house.

The Campbell family had a change in the feline command.

On Sunday the 4th, we drove up into the mountains to the shooting range so we could put some bullets into the gong I made, but the range was closed due to extreme fire hazard.

Armand, Lisa and Luke avoided the useless mountain drive by staying home and playng a video game.

In the late afternoon we went to Jim & Laura's house for a barbecue, and at 9pm we hiked over to City College to watch the fireworks.

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