By Lara
Oh Yes. Ridiculously exciting fireworks, Lara style.
I know that Beth already described the fireworks in great detail, but now it's time for my take on the whole sordid incident. It felt slightly cliche for our "ridiculously exciting fireworks" to occur on the 4th of July, but we were running low on funds. The great thing about Independence Day fireworks displays is that they are usually free.
Beth had described the traditional Ambler fireworks display to me several times. It didn't sound like Disney World quality, but Beth promised that it was cooler than the average small town affair. I was skeptical regarding "ridiculously exciting," but continued to keep an open mind.
There was a carnival set up in the parking lot of our former high school. I remember going to the carnival one year with my father when I was a small child. I rode the tilt-a-whirl until Dad threw up. So... I suggested to Beth that we get on the tilt-a-whirl by ourselves. The kids wouldn't come with us. We didn't throw up. So... I suggested to Beth that we get on the scrambler. Uh. That was a little more motion than I was used to. We didn't throw up, but we may have been disoriented.
When we got back to the viewing pad that had been carefully staked out by Beth's mom, I smiled and nodded while Beth complained about all of the changes that Ambler has undergone since we were children. I also teased Beth's children as I often do. Oh. Yes. I also remember there being some funnel cake. I figured that funnel cake adds excitement to any gathering.
When the fireworks started, I had to admit that they were pretty cool. They were a lot cooler than any display I've seen at Bel Air or Havre de Grace. My favorite fireworks could only be described as popcorn-glitter bursts. They were beautiful. The icing on the cake, however, was part of the finale. Quite literally, five or six pillars of fire leaped from the ground into the sky. Had we been any closer, they would have singed off our eyebrows. We had our "ridiculous." And it was good. There was some debate on the way home on whether or not the pillars of flame were intentional or accidental.
Beth spent most of her time playing with the features on her new camera. She has one photo of a firework that looks like a dragon flying into battle. Seriously cool.