This was the first 4th of July fireworks we've attended in years and years. When Stephanie was young, she was afraid of the noise, and in Austin, you have to stake out your place hours in advance in the heat, enjoy a 30 minute display, then be stuck in traffic for an hour an a half. Here in Waco, we left the house by 9 p.m., drove 20 minutes downtown, parked six blocks away and walked to the Franklin Avenue Bridge. We could see the Waco Suspension bridge and the fireworks behind it.
It was hot! It's still in the 90s at 11 p.m. But it was a nice 20-minute show, we could see perfectly. The show is sponsored by HEB, our local Texas grocery chain. They sponsor fireworks in almost every medium and large town in Central and South Texas.
It was nice to walk back to our car and arrive home in under 30 minutes.
The person in my office I most often work for is on vacation, and I'll be on vacation next week, so I'm pretty caught up. I spent a good deal of time today organizing some files and putting things on the server. This is my office, all cleaned up. Note the 6 months of photos on the wall behind my monitor!
This is my bulletin board where I pin up ideas. My company sells new engines for small airplanes, also instrument gauges and propellers. I don't know if my "family safety" idea will go over -- they really cater more to businesses. But I was trying to do some "image" ads.
