I feel the need to thank our ancient Taoist friends for trying to find an elixir of immortality. They brought us those wonderful and beautiful explosives I love to see this time of year. :)
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mechanchaos and I went to the Town of Henrietta fireworks this time. Despite the mobs of people already there, we found an awesome parking space at the senior center, and non-muddy seats on some metal risers next to a baseball diamond on top of a hill. We were away from the crowd and away from the tent-city of their other festivities, but not too far from either. We could hear the music, first from a cover band, then the music for the pyrotechnics. The hill was high enough and open enough that we could see peoples' personal displays in the neighborhoods 360 degrees around where we sat. They were awesome seats for the main fireworks too, especially since we weren't crowded, damp, or muddy. I loved the show, even though I'm one of those folks who needs to stick her fingers in her ears in order to be able to keep her eyes open to watch. I have an overactive flinch reflex.
To top it all off, that great parking spot was quick and easy to get to and quick and easy to get out of. Barely any waiting later, we were on the road home. After having a restless night last night and an early morning today, we'd been quarrelsome in the car on the way there. I'm glad we went anyway. Everything went so smoothly once we were parked and headed over the footbridge to the hill.
Oh, and does anyone on my friends list know Korean? I'm itching to know what taepodong and nodong really mean. My head goes places it shouldn't and I end up tittering every time I see the names of the Korean missiles...
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