Ramona starts Independence Day at Country Estates Parade

The entire community of Ramona participated in the July 4 Parade in San Diego Country Estates, with everyone from

members of the sheriff’s Volunteer Mounted Patrol to amateur entertainers in the Lawn Mower Brigade delighting the crowds of people who lined both sides of Pappas Road for the beginning of the Estates’ annual Independence Day Celebration.

After the parade, Estates residents and guests spent the rest of the celebration in Ramona Oaks Park, where they found live entertainment, a horseshoe tournament, open volleyball play, open swimming, fun jumps, water slides, carnival booths and food.

Later in the day, activity moved to the fields behind Olive Peirce Middle School, where Ramona Rotary Club staged its 21st Annual July 4 Family Picnic & Fireworks from 5 to 9:30 p.m.