The Make up of America

Last night Dave and I went up to Tempe to the Oktoberfest celebration at Tempe Town Lake. The place was packed. Admission was free so you can only imagine how many people from a college town like Tempe were there. The weather was of course fantastic it being fall in Arizona.

After walking around for a while with Dave enjoying a beer, we stopped to watch the flying swing ride. You know where you sit on the swing and it spins around lifting you in the air as you swing out and up while going faster and faster. What I noticed was, right there on that swing was a perfect dichotomy of America. Parents and kids from all walks of life and ethnic background. Watching an Indian couple, Hindu, not American, climb aboard, Dressed in traditional Indian clothing relaxing and smiling made me notice all the different people on the ride. I realized that's what America is. All different peoples coming together to create the best place in the world to live.