Well, the Fourth of July has come and gone again in Seward. It was pretty fun. This was the first time I’ve ever gone to the anvil firing at 7:30, and I’m glad I did (though I don’t need to do it again). It’s where they stack two anvils on top of each other with a big washer filled with gunpowder in between them. They light the fuse and – BOOM! – the Fourth of July begins all over America. It’s like magic.
We walked the square and I bought some stuff – a ring, a tank top and a coffee scoop. (I’ll show them to you later.)
We watched the parade – the first one I’ve seen in…. three years? four years? We cheered for the participants and now I have a sore throat. Awesome!
In keeping with tradition, Lloyd bought a big honkin’ think of noisy firecrackers to light at the Royuk’s house after dinner. He bought a roll of one million, I believe. He had a lot of help setting it up, and it was so long they couldn’t keep it together as they unrolled it! It stretched around the corner and Daniel lit it from both ends. Scroll down to see a video of the event – all 3 1/2 noisy minutes of it.
Here it is in pictures:
Here’s the video. It sounds like someone endlessly popping popcorn, but it was much louder in real life. (Oh, and I did a lot of camera swinging. Sorry.)
All in all, a very fine day!