4th of July

Trevor'd had a friend spend the night, and we hung out at home for most of the day. I'd been leaning toward Lettuce Wraps for dinner, but Holly suggested we eat American food (!). A huge storm rolled through, torrential rains for an hour or so, but the sky cleared up. We bbq'd hamburgers for dinner, and ate pasta salad, corn on the cob, and deviled eggs.

I'd searched the internet for over an hour for the best "scoop" to avoid crowds yet see a nice fireworks display. We decided to go to the town of Bedford. Its Welcome Center is right off the highway, and the easy in-and-out was appealing.

We had a spectacular view of the D-Day Memorial.



The Peaks of Otter could be seen through the trees.


It turned out that the large, grassy field in front of us (to the left of the above photo) was part of the fallout zone. We literally had front row seats. We saw a little of the falling debris, but it was several hundred yards away.



This was the longest fireworks display we can ever remember. It lasted well over half an hour, probably closer to an hour.



When it was over, we walked just a few steps to our car, waited a short time to get out of the parking lot, and then were on the road home.



This was such a pleasant surprise, and a wonderful way for our family to celebrate July 4th!