Fourth of July
I know we've skated past the Fourth, but hey, I've been busy and I'm ready to go back to it now.
This was one of the most kickass Fourth of July's I've ever had =-)!! Yay Kickass Fourth of July - Woohoo!! I've had some lame-ass Fourth's before too. Like the time I worked at an Amusement type place and I was given the crappy 4-11 p.m. shift for my barely-over-minimum wage job and missed the supposedly killer fireworks display all my friends got to enjoy. Or the time I was working at a residential summer camp (where the Camp Director was a total Dictator), and we were in Fire Hazard country and couldn't even think about sparklers =-(.
Anyways - this Fourth was not one of those lame ones of years past!! It was absolutely groovilicious =-)!! My roommate's family have some friends who have a big shindig on the Fourth. They live on the Puget Sound and have a house that's right on the water. We got there and set up tents in their backyard and then it was time for the fun to begin =-)!!! We started off with a jet boat ride jamming around the Sound - wind in our faces and pretty awesome weather...it was pretty rocking! Then, we did time trials on a rowboat. Gwen and I lost the time trials to the young teenage boys, but it was fun and we got a workout =-p.
BUT - the ABSOLUTE COOLEST part of the whole shindig was getting to ride a jet ski for the very first time =-[)!!!!! YAY JET SKI!!!! Ohmygosh!!!!! That was without a doubt the most fun I have had in ages!! First I timidly climbed on back as Gwen took off, but after we had been whirling around for a while she asked if I wanted to switch. Driving is so much cooler!!!! You get all the power to drive as fast as you want (full throttle baby!!!), and you don't bounce as much as you do on the back. Later I went out by myself and took off just whizzing far, far away. Which did become somewhat problematic when I got confused as to which cove their house was in. I went out on my own twice and I loved it. I zoomed around for ages, coming back just to make sure no one else wanted to go out. I even saw a seal out in the Sound, and I cut the engine hoping it would come up again, but it didn't. It was a gorgeous day and I never would have come back in if it hadn't been time for dinner, even the blister I got on my hand was worth it.
The night was capped with a phenomenal private fireworks display. About 7 houses chip in for the display and one of the guys is a certified pyrotechnist. They rent a barge where the $10,000 worth of fireworks are shot off, this year it was to the tune of Frank Sinatra. The show was insanely cool! There were fireworks we'd never seen before and it was awesome!!! Definitely a Fourth to remember!!!
This was one of the most kickass Fourth of July's I've ever had =-)!! Yay Kickass Fourth of July - Woohoo!! I've had some lame-ass Fourth's before too. Like the time I worked at an Amusement type place and I was given the crappy 4-11 p.m. shift for my barely-over-minimum wage job and missed the supposedly killer fireworks display all my friends got to enjoy. Or the time I was working at a residential summer camp (where the Camp Director was a total Dictator), and we were in Fire Hazard country and couldn't even think about sparklers =-(.
Anyways - this Fourth was not one of those lame ones of years past!! It was absolutely groovilicious =-)!! My roommate's family have some friends who have a big shindig on the Fourth. They live on the Puget Sound and have a house that's right on the water. We got there and set up tents in their backyard and then it was time for the fun to begin =-)!!! We started off with a jet boat ride jamming around the Sound - wind in our faces and pretty awesome weather...it was pretty rocking! Then, we did time trials on a rowboat. Gwen and I lost the time trials to the young teenage boys, but it was fun and we got a workout =-p.
BUT - the ABSOLUTE COOLEST part of the whole shindig was getting to ride a jet ski for the very first time =-[)!!!!! YAY JET SKI!!!! Ohmygosh!!!!! That was without a doubt the most fun I have had in ages!! First I timidly climbed on back as Gwen took off, but after we had been whirling around for a while she asked if I wanted to switch. Driving is so much cooler!!!! You get all the power to drive as fast as you want (full throttle baby!!!), and you don't bounce as much as you do on the back. Later I went out by myself and took off just whizzing far, far away. Which did become somewhat problematic when I got confused as to which cove their house was in. I went out on my own twice and I loved it. I zoomed around for ages, coming back just to make sure no one else wanted to go out. I even saw a seal out in the Sound, and I cut the engine hoping it would come up again, but it didn't. It was a gorgeous day and I never would have come back in if it hadn't been time for dinner, even the blister I got on my hand was worth it.
The night was capped with a phenomenal private fireworks display. About 7 houses chip in for the display and one of the guys is a certified pyrotechnist. They rent a barge where the $10,000 worth of fireworks are shot off, this year it was to the tune of Frank Sinatra. The show was insanely cool! There were fireworks we'd never seen before and it was awesome!!! Definitely a Fourth to remember!!!
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