Plans for the 4th?

[Idaho45guy]

Me? I have to work 4 12-hr shifts from 6pm to 6am Wednesday through Sunday, as usual. My girlfriend is going to a mountain town with her family to enjoy the fireworks, and my folks are taking the mule and horse down to the family cabin to avoid all the fireworks upsetting the animals. I'll meet up with them and my girlfriend on Sunday afternoon.

Just wondering what other folks are planning.

Are they even having fireworks displays in your town? I know many have been canceled this year.

[Winger Ed.]

It's amazing, I never saw anything like it before-
The people here spend a fortune on fireworks for all the holidays.
They're setting off the big star shells like we did strings of Black Cats as a kid.
And they're going off here & there for a few days before and after the holiday.

Our block has a parade every 4th.
Its about the most redneck event ya ever saw.

All the neighbors gather, one of the 3-4 town Cops makes it official and leads it- unless he gets a call.
I'll set off the cannon, and we'll all go about a 1/2 mile down the block on riding lawn mowers & golf carts,and have a big party.

[abunaitoo]

No fireworks here.
gooberment here said no big parties.
Might grill some burgers or something.
chinese virus, and gooberment here, has put a damper on everything.

[MrWolf]

Girlfriend is coming out today and we will just stay home. No fireworks or anything in the area. Will probably hear gun shots but that is normal out here. Sometimes I think we communicate with them like drums in the jungle

[Thumbcocker]

Grilled venison and a trip to the range.

[mattw]

No fireworks here either... It is a real disgrace what or governor has done to the state. My tiny little town uses this event as a fund raiser for the town and they will miss it.

[Dapaki]

We have fireworks scheduled for the 3rd and we will shoot what we have on the 4th. Kids coming over but all outside so we can keep some distance. Subdued from normal but living in a town of 800 people, a Black-Cat and a sparkler is big time entertinment!

[Mal Paso]

It's been years since Monterey, Ca had a fireworks show. People would gather along the ocean to watch fireworks shot from a barge. The people on the beach would contribute their own fireworks during lulls, many were just as big as the official show. That was just too much Independence for the City so they Shut It Down.

I was driving back from Arizona July 4th several years ago and came up the 101 between Paso Robles and Salinas about dusk. Every little hamlet I passed had a show, not the fireworks stand stuff but real shells. Made me feel better that the 4th lives on somewhere.

[Mal Paso]

It's been years since Monterey, Ca had a fireworks show. People would gather along the ocean to watch fireworks shot from a barge. The people on the beach would contribute their own fireworks during lulls, many were just as big as the official show. That was just too much Independence for the City so they Shut It Down.

I was driving back from Arizona July 4th several years ago and came up the 101 between Paso Robles and Salinas about dusk. Every little hamlet I passed had a show, not the fireworks stand stuff but real shells. Made me feel better that the 4th lives on somewhere.

[Froogal]

The celebration in my small town (population of about 600) has been attracting large numbers of people from many miles around for quite a few years now. It has actually outgrown that small town but the celebration continues to grow. It is simply too much for my old, worn out bones anymore, so we just stay home where it is quiet, and then in the evening we place chairs out on the front lawn and watch the gigantic fireworks display from about 2 1/2 miles away.

Also, if the weather is nice, we just might be making some noise of our own at the backyard shooting range. The crack of a rifle and the ringing of steel is a very delightful sound.

[2wheelDuke]

Normally I have to escort the fireworks barge on the 4th, but that's been cancelled. And the beach is closed so I won't be playing Baywatch either.

I still have to work a 12 hour day. I'd like to celebrate later, but I may be pretty well out of energy after that shift.

[Cosmic_Charlie]

Years back I used to make triangle salutes with fffg, newspaper, strapping tape and cannon fuse. You could toss them in the lake. Nice big boom. But they made the neighbors anxious so I quit making them. I have to be content watching the fireworks now.

[Davy Sprocket]

My town of 600 normally has one of the biggest parades and fireworks shows in the area. That's all been canceled. My plans consist of continuing to use a mantis x to teach myself how to shoot a rifle.

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[Wayne Smith]

Going to our co-grandparents house and the kids and grandkids will be there. Cookout and shooting .22's with the older grandkids (oldest is 7) and with my co-grandfather - taking my Remington R-51 with me to see how reliable it is - last time I shot it about 30 times, this time I'm taking 100 rds with me. I doubt any fireworks around but haven't bothered to check - haven't gone to see them in years.

[rockrat]

Our fireworks show was cancelled, but the little town about 20 miles north, is still scheduled. Denver is complaining that people are going to Wyoming to buy fireworks and setting them off in town. Hey, if you are going to cancel all the shows on the front range, people still want to celebrate!!!

[BigAlofPa.]

Going to go to my Parents during the day. Then watch our fireworks when i get home. They were cancelled. But they changed their minds and are having a display.

[Pressman]

Small town Minnesota has everything cancelled, just another Saturday. We are far enough from the big city that any Bolshevik rioters leave us alone.

[farmbif]

weatherman says its gonna be in the 90's, just about right. hope to get a watermelon chilled, put some ribs on the smoker, get some corn boiled and have a few neighbors over for little informal range time out back.

[skeettx]

Going to fly THE FLAG in front of my house
Gonna celebrate this Nation
Gonna grill out and enjoy

Mike

[Idaho45guy]

weatherman says its gonna be in the 90's, just about right. hope to get a watermelon chilled, put some ribs on the smoker, get some corn boiled and have a few neighbors over for little informal range time out back.

That sounds awesome!