4th of July

Shawn had a get-together for the 4th of July. We had the obligatory hot dogs and hamburgers and of course, here in the US fireworks are legal. While it was light we set off a few snakes as they don't do any light shows and for those who have seen South Park, they are kind of disgusting. Llew tried to get them lit, and eventually the black ashy snakes grew out.

Then we tried the showering fireworks.

Light,

Run,

Admire.

We threw a couple of poppers around that really just go Pop.

Eventually it got dark and we set off about 60 decent fireworks including a couple of dozen cannons. When we set 3 of the big ones off at once, it even looked kind of professional. Over the lake it was even rivalling the Purdue fireworks. We got some cheers from the neighbours too who were all out to see the Purdue ones from far away, but got a closer show than they thought.

We finished up after about an hour and had strawberry cheesecake made by one of Shawn's friends for his own birthday. It was nice and celebratory without too much palava and patriotism.