as it turned out, abilene does have fireworks. pretty good ones. last night, we planned to head to acu campus to watch the fireworks. we didn't think it was particularly close to where they were being launched, but we wanted to go on a walk while we were waiting and were pretty sure it'd be as good a place to watch as any. not long after we jumped on the freeway to head to the other side of town, the traffic started to pick up significantly. abilene doesn't ever really have traffic (which is nice), so this was unusual. a big group of cars all got off a few exists before we were going and that's when we started to see what abilene really does for independence day. for several miles, cars (okay, trucks mostly) were pulling off the freeway wherever there was space. the sides of the road were packed with trucks and people, parked in the weeds, sitting on tailgates, playing football... right next to the freeway.
sounds illegal, right? i'm pretty sure it must be. after passing the continuous tailgate party for a few minutes, we decided to change our plans and see what it was all about. apparently, without even meaning to, we'd found the place to watch fireworks in abilene. we flipped around and found a spot right in the weeds with everyone else. everyone was facing a big field and we were fairly confused because we thought the fireworks were going to be launched from somewhere north of "downtown."
once the fireworks started, we were happy we'd followed the crowd this time. they were being shot off from the field right in front of us!
true, our bums hurt from sitting on the top of our car, but the show was pretty fun.
after fireworks we saw why sections of the freeway in abilene have three lanes (the mysterious third lane has always been a little funny because it's really not needed). it took us over an hour and a half to make a commute that typical takes 10 minutes or under. talk about traffic. despite the setback, we came home and watched a movie to finish off our celebration.
and now, we bought a zoo is one of my favorite family movies i've seen. right up there with dan in real life in my book. it was charming, real and wonderful! my favorite thing in the whole movie was the "20 seconds of courage" idea. really, i want to start using that in my life.
all it takes is 20 second of insane courage and great things will happen. i promise!
love it.
anyway, off to dinner. really wanting fresh bread today, but that won't be ready till tomorrow. gotta find something else that sounds good!
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