Thursday, May 26, 2016

Happy Thought

The firework shows my Dad used to do on the Fourth of July.

The family would go on vacations to Duck Island, North Carolina and during the 8 hour drive we'd stop at a big firework store where Dad would stock up.

Back in New York, our parents would have family and friends over for a barbecue. One family friend was in his late 20s/early 30s and he would get dangerous fireworks. I remember one time he had an M-80 which he lit and threw on the front yard. It made a small crater which took years to grow back.

Once it got dark, Dad and our friend would start the show which sometimes lasted 2 hours. A personal favorite was Jumping Jacks didn't matter how far you threw them, one would come back to attack you.

The Fifth of July was also fun because my friends and I would walk around the block finding unlit firecrackers.

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