My daughter invited her friend over to spend the night on on the fourth of July. I took her to pick up her friend. The friend's house is as close as you would want to be to the professional fireworks display sponsored by the City. Apparently camping at the river and lighting sparklers is more fun that sitting under a huge fireworks show.
So I gave the kids $20 to buy a fireworks assortment.
My wife's family came out a picnic at noon and we had our local family picnic at 6 p.m. In between celebrations hay was baled.
The moisture came up at 9:30-10p.m. and I went to the river. My wife has a chipped bone in her foot so I said I would camp with the girls. They set off their fireworks while we listened to the explosions from really big displays in four towns in four different directions.
Then I fell asleep on the lawn chair.
I was awakened much later by anxious girls who were a bit disturbed by the coyotes. I said we are NOT going back home at this point. I pointed out we had Stanley the huge dog, a .22 with 40 rounds (if you can't shoot accurate-shoot often) and God was on our side.
And we went to bed.
I didn't sleep quite as well as one would hope. The ground is not as soft as it used to be...I forgot my coffee pot... My reel jammed up and I couldn't cast and so no fresh trout for breakfast...
But I was there.
Here is a photo to prove it. If you look past my feet you can see girls dancing with sparklers!
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I love camping. I always find its that the ground is cold that keeps me awake! I hope my little girl grows up to prefer camping with her dad rather than a big firework display.
ReplyDeleteKev, I'm not so big on camping. Never did it much as a kid. We are so fortunate to have a farm with a river. Next time I'm taking a cast iron skillet and eggs and bacon and coffee. And, I'm getting a different fishing pole.
DeleteFireworks are still legal in the hands of ordinary citizens where you live? In my home town fireworks are like guns, ordinary citizens are not to be trusted with them. After all they might make us think of liberty, and responsibility.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had fun. My wife also has what she calls a heel spur but my kids are too old to go out and sleep on the ground.
Grace and peace.
You can buy smoke bombs and sparking things at the local fireworks stands. A lot of folks also stock up on rockets and other illegal fun stuff that you can get in Washington. I'm sure they will clamp down on us as well. It ain't the same country it was 30 years ago... I'm not real sure about this whole sleeping on the ground stuff...
DeleteI swathed from about 12 AM til 3PM on the 4th, then made some repairs until about 5:30PM. Insisted that I wanted to join wife and son in watching Harrisburg fireworks show and that they should wake me at about 9. I don't really remember much about the show, but I do remember sleeping on the way there and back and getting back up at 1AM to go cut again. I'm almost totally adjusted to night shift now...too bad there's only about 3 more days and then have to switch back.....
ReplyDeleteI kept going to sleep running the stacker. There is usually enough going on to keep me awake. I have never gone to sleep while picking up bales before. Not sure how it can be done.
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