What a surprise our 4th of July turned out to be. We cooked out with the neighbor and stayed local for the most part. The exception being when around 2:00 my husband and I decided to venture out for lunch and discovered almost EVERY restaurant in town was closed for the 4th. WTF??
So, yeah, we ended up eating chicken and hot dogs at the neighbors. Thanks neighbor. Around 7:30 we decided to break-out the fireworks. We started off with the small colorful smoky ones for the kiddos. They had a blast. Our son stayed inside. He wanted nothing to do with fireworks. Whose kid is he?
Anyway, the other kids around us had fun. Then as it became darker we started setting off our larger fireworks. Because in South Carolina you can buy and set off fireworks any time you want. And they are AWESOME!
My husband was super excited to give his new launching-platform the real test. He spent hours building it and incorporating a way to adjust the level so everything would set off as it should. But......
Suddenly around 8:30 the neighbors up the hill from us started setting off their fireworks. And WOW!! They must be professionals. It was boom, boom, boom, boom, boom....and BOOM! Clearly they knew how to wire all of theirs together. We were in awe.
So their fireworks went on for an hour and a half. We would set one or two off in between, but realized we just weren't even in the race with ours. Ours were just as big, but those neighbors had a system and clearly a degree in blowing shit up! We sat back, drinking beer, blaring music til 11:00.
And then this morning I spent an hour sweeping up the streets and hand-picking wrappers and mortar shells out of all the yards. LOL Worth it!
And that was quite possible the most epic display of fireworks I've ever watched and it was from the comfort of our own front lawn. Nice South Carolina. Nice!
8:55 a.m. - 2017-07-05
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