The fourth

Fourth of July started out just like any other day. Woke up at 6:30 and was at work by 7. I was thankful I was on a morning shift because that meant I had my entire afternoon off to enjoy....well, sitting around. The fun didn't start until about 7 at night. That's about the time Wuksachi showed up and the food went on the grill. After a fun time with the Frisbee and the football the food was ready and so was I.

Ali 

It was great to get some decent food into my system. We had grilled corn, beans (didn't partake), grilled garlic bread, bacon, and tri tip (beef). All in all, we had a good old time.

Stacking cups for fun

Vince (boss) on the grill 

Good right?

As the sun went down on the party, the drinking (yes lots of people drink here), food, and all the other festivities continued. Being the fourth, some of wanted to see fireworks and the only chance of achieving our goal was to make our way to Moro rock. It wasn't certain that we would be able to see the fireworks from at least 40 miles away (strait shot) and on top of a mountain, but were determined to try it out. Turned out that after a little practice we were able to pick out the fire works from the millions of lights below. It was far from exciting, but we were pleased regardless. To give you a perspective, the millions of lights from the city were only the size of a little dots. The fireworks were about five times bigger than the average little dot. From where we sat that meant extremely small. Little puffs of light were all we got.

Flash was a bit intense

After enjoying our little puffs of light we headed back for what was left of the cake. Sure, it was probably cheep walmart cake, but it was still good to have something sweet. After each year it seems that family get togethers are becoming scarce and long in-between, but at the same time my experiences becoming greater and more extravagant. The future will no doubt be an interesting one.