Saturday, July 2nd, we went to Madison to see Rhythm and Booms Fireworks http://www.rhythmandbooms.com . What an absolutely spectacular show. The fireworks are set to music and everyone brings a radio tuned to the station broadcasting the event. Nonstop fireworks, many of which are very unique in color and display, and nonstop music. The newspapers are stating there were over 300,000 people there. Because we came early enough in the day, we found a great parking spot and a perfect viewing spot up on a hill overlooking the park. We didn’t see the ground show, but we saw everything else. When the fireworks started, everyone became so quiet. All you could hear was an occasional “wow” or “ooohhhh” and the stereo effect of so many radios at once. Great job to all those involved in putting on this show. We are looking forward to next year already!
Monday, July 4th, we went to someone else’s house. Actually it was the son that invited us. (He is good friends with my daughter.) Not sure that he ever told his parents we were coming, but they were cool. There were lots of fireworks, bonfire and food. Nice mellow time out in the country in a beautiful setting. The fireworks display was anchored in the middle of the country road. It is not a road less traveled considering it is out where it is, so there were a number of interruptions, mainly the screaming of “CAR” throughout the night. And of course, the token unmarked sheriffs’ car meandered by, stopping briefly to ask the following: “Have anything illegal?” Now isn’t that a gun powder loaded question? Yep, everyone found themselves just rushing up on that one to volunter, “Why yes sir, would you like to come check them out? Here sir, want to take some home with you? Would you like a beer while you are here?” Geez, like everyone is just going to fess up to that question! Of course the real answer was “No.”. Da! On to the next loaded question, “Is there adult supervision here?” Now, that one could be a tough one. Was there a test on this one that all in attendance should have taken before hand? What exactly qualifies as adult supervision? Is it just an age thing? It was guessed that might be it, so of course the answer back to this question was “yes” and a sampling of “adults” moved forward to verify this information. It seemed to do the trick. The officer was satisfied that all was well, he had done his job, and he continued on his journey.
It was a great night with perfect weather. The evening concluded with 16,000 (yes you read correctly....sixteen thousand) firecrackers strung out on clothes line throughout a tree. What an awesome sight and sound! And the good thing….everyone’s hearing was back again before they left for home!
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Baby, Quit fuckin' with your blog! You're gettin' stressed and I'm gettin' confused!
Thank you for noticing my new "look" Gypsy!
However, I will say that next time I decide to change my template I will put a little more thought into it, like doing a copy and paste backup of the original one! (I didn't do that and of course lost all the special little tags that I had been finding and inserting over the last couple of months!) HTML and I aren't a good mix. Sort of like Algebra and I weren't a good mix! I like it simple. All the < and > and / and font this and color that is more than I care to deal with. When I type something I expect it to show up as I typed it! Darn it!
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