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<\/a>Happy Fourth of July. Don't forget to catch the fireworks on our Baja beaches tonight. Photo by Mariah Baumgartle<\/p><\/div>\n
By Ed Kociela<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n <\/em>Happy Independence Day!<\/span><\/p>\n This is our second Fourth of July\u00a0celebration in Mexico and I really hope this year is better than last, which turned into quite a dud.<\/span><\/p>\n Our daughter was on a hiatus from college, spending some time with us a year ago. It was a bit odd to her, being in a foreign country for the Fourth of July\u00a0holiday, so we tried to make her a little more comfortable by doing some grilling, then heading to the beach for the fireworks.<\/span><\/p>\n It was a hot and humid day, so we did a little pool time, hung out at the grill, then headed to the beach to watch the pyrotechnics.<\/span><\/p>\n Everything was going just fine until shortly after the sun started to set.<\/span><\/p>\n We could see clouds rolling in rapidly and the humidity seemed to leap when\u2026suddenly\u2026out of nowhere\u2026raindrops.<\/span><\/p>\n It was, at first, a gentle rain, no big deal. In fact, it sort of cooled things off for a bit.<\/span><\/p>\n But, just as we started seeing the fireworks make their way up the beach from one of the southern resorts, the little rain turned into a downpour.<\/span><\/p>\n Now, La Baja has been in a drought for about five years now, so the rain was welcomed.<\/span><\/p>\n Except, we were at the beach and Mariah had her good camera with her.<\/span><\/p>\n We had taken some towels and beach chairs so, quickly, we made a little makeshift fort, draping the towels over our heads to keep the rain from spoiling the goodies we brought, not to mention Mariah\u2019s camera.<\/span><\/p>\n The resorts didn\u2019t let a little thing like rain dampen the fiesta, even though the fireworks mostly went off with a \u201cpoof\u201d rather than a \u201cbang.\u201d But, they were fireworks nonetheless.<\/span><\/p>\n Every day feels like the Fourth of July in Baja. Photo by Mariah Baumgartle<\/p><\/div>\n As it became time for the resort we were near to let theirs go, we decided a little song would be appropriate, right?<\/span><\/p>\n So, we left it to Mariah.<\/span><\/p>\n A few seconds went by. A few more seconds went by. Then, finally we hear: \u201cFeliz Navidad\u2026Feliz Navidad\u2026Feliz Navidad, prospero ano y felicidad.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cUh, honey?\u201d Cara and I both said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWell, it\u2019s the only song I know in Spanish,\u201d she replied.<\/span><\/p>\n It must have been a weird sight for some of the nearby locals to see three gringos sitting, huddled under a makeshift tent, singing a Mexican Christmas song in a pouring rain, but, hey, who cares, right?<\/span><\/p>\n There is still plenty of time to go get some burgers, hotdogs, or whatever else you\u2019d like to throw on the grill to celebrate the holiday Norte Americano style.<\/span><\/p>\n Just be sure to hustle on down to the beach before sunset to take in the fireworks. They are, actually, very cool.<\/span><\/p>\n And, if you happen to see a couple of folks sharing a blanket and singing \u201cFeliz Navidad,\u201d pay no attention. It\u2019s just us, revisiting one of the most fun times we had in Mexico with our daughter.<\/span><\/p>\n Happy Fourth of July!<\/span><\/p>\n By Ed Kociela Happy Independence Day! This is our second Fourth of July\u00a0celebration in Mexico and I really hope this year is better than last, which turned into quite a dud. Our daughter was on a hiatus from college, spending some time with us a year ago. It was a bit odd to her, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,80,76],"tags":[128,180,21,52,179,42,135,51,112],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loscabosguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loscabosguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loscabosguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loscabosguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loscabosguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.loscabosguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loscabosguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loscabosguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loscabosguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/a>Ed Kociela is a writer for Los Cabos Magazine. You can reach him by email at\u00a0<\/em><\/span>edkociela.mx@gmail.com<\/a>. Follow him on Twitter at www.Twitter.com\/EdKociela.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"