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Fourth Fireworks

Posted on July 6, 2008 By Tom 1 Comment on Fourth Fireworks
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Our family was somewhat scattered, and the drought was causing some concerns about lighting fireworks in the Upstate, so we decided on a different path for this year’s Fourth.

First, we headed over to Paul’s for some of his world-famous ribs and blistering rounds of bumper pool and bocce balls. No mercy was spared on either account.

For our fireworks, there were several option. We could brave the crowds downtown, or we could brave the religious nutjobs over at Redemption World Outreach Center. John Ellenberg has a hanger at the municipal airport, which would have a great view of the RWOC. Chip and I remembered his access code, and toyed with the idea of using his parking lot to view the fireworks.

We loaded up the convertible and headed to the Haywood Road Area. It was already a zoo, and there was stepped up security, so we decided not to try John’s place. As it turns out we parked on the road overlooking the hanger. It was a good thing, because they were launching from the end of John’s building, so we were actually in the fallout zone for the fireworks. The display was pretty cool.

Here’s a Flickr slideshow from the event, followed by a brief video…

[tags]fireworks, Independence Day, Fourth of July[/tags]

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One thought on “Fourth Fireworks”

  1. DuckHunter says:
    July 7, 2008 at 10:15 pm

    I heard the religious nutjobs had a great fireworks display. 🙂 Nice shots.

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