Happy Birthday America

We had a camp field trip last night. We all piled in the trucks and drove to the beach to watch the midnight 4th of July fireworks put on by the city of Juneau. From the beach you can see downtown Juneau and you can see up and down Douglas Island. Lining the beach there were numerous bonfires and fireworks were being shot up all over. Wow! What a display. They really put a lot of money into the state’s fireworks. It was so impressive. They even had fireworks that were shaped in the outline of a star! It was the perfect night for it. It finally cleared up after weeks of rain. It was pretty dark but there was still remnants of dusk with colors lining the horizon, and brush strokes of charcoal colored clouds hanging above. Up and down the channel you could here everyone yelling and howling. They really get into the 4th here in the Southeast. And the booms just echoed and rumbled rolling down the ridges of the mountains that soot up out of the water. And when it was over every boat, ship, siren and car horn went off. It was awesome!! Happy birthday America Southeast style!