I drove through Lake Geneva yesterday, as I do every day. I drove into town, I stopped at the various lights, and I drove out of town, around the lake, making an unwanted detour through Walworth. The lake yesterday, on that day before this Holiday, was alive with energy. The sun was shining, the driveways were filling with cars, the grills were being test-lit. Boats were being cleaned and decorated, lawns were being touched up. As I drove and took in the start of a most glorious Fourth of July weekend, I thought about people who aren’t here. I thought about people who are going to wake up on Friday morning in the city or the suburbs, and then wake up Saturday morning in the same place. That’s when the question formed:
If you aren’t at Lake Geneva this weekend, what on earth are you doing with your life?
Fireworks in Fontana tonight, best watched from a boat. Be safe, enjoy the scenery, be thankful for our country that is still, without any equivocation, the best place on earth.