Our dairy farming neighbors took the day off on the Fourth of July. It was also Sunday, so they didn't really lose any time working the fields.
They parked their tractors along the paved road and festooned them with small American flags. We admired them on the way to the bike trail.
On Monday, Independence Day Observed, they went back to bailing hay. We went back to the bike trail. We rode 50 miles in the sun and the shade and made a few new friends from other parts of the world. That happens often on the Great Allegheny Passage.
When we returned, round bales cast strong shadows on the stubble, and the fields gained perspective. Us, too. We think we all had a productive holiday.
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