4th of July
Currently Listening To: JENOVA- Nobuo Uematsu
So yesterday was evenful, a bit stressfull, but ultimately enjoyable. A bit more planning could have gone into yesterday, but we'll know that for next year.
Carly and Michael, Tim, Chris, Lee and I all decide to pack up and head out to a lake to spend the day swimming. Carly suggests Lake Coeur D'Alene, because it has a really great fireworks show. There's a bit of discussion, but we ultimately decide to try and go for it, and Chris is all up for it, because he's got some fireworks that he would like to set off, because fireworks are illegal here in Spokane County.
After getting my dog Joxer into the car, and after a quick stop to Safeway, we head out. The heat was stifling yesterday, at 2:30 it was 99 degrees farenheit, and Carly and Michael's car have no air conditioning. So it's 4-60 AC all the way there.
Downtown Coeur D'Alene is a fucking ZOO. There was literally no parking for at least a good 10 blocks from the beach. You could see the beach was completely full of people, with more people streaming into it. Carly is still adamant at this point, but eventually, we decide to drive the road that goes around the lake, and we'll find a less crowded beach. I have a thing with crowds, not to mention that there was no free parking, we had no change left, no room on the beach, no place to put our stuff where it wouldn't get stepped on or stolen, and someone would have to stay out of the water and brave the crowds and other people's dogs as they kept Joxer on a leash, because Animal Control was actively patrolling the area.
So on we go, driving. And driving. And driving. Aaaaaand driving. Back and forth, turning around, going down random roads. Finally, about 5 pm or so, we get some directions to a public beach. Next time, come hell or high water, no matter WHAT anyone else says, I'm getting a goddamned map. Most of this would have been avoided if we would have stopped in at the gas station in Coeur D'Alene and grabbed a map of the lake from the Park's Service, like I had suggested. "No, we have a GPS." Bah. Maps like that have markers where the beaches are, with all the handy-dandy info, like if there's an outhouse, whether or not dogs need to be leashed, if there's a boatlaunch, ect.
Regardless, we find a place around 5. And oh my god, the water was so warm! It was so, so nice. The bottom was rocky, because it was a public beach, and all the rich assholes have pretty much eaten up all the sandy beaches for themselves. But we just kept our sandals on and continued to swim. After we all get tired of swimming, we all crowd at the end of the docks, and light off most of the fireworks we brought. What better place to light them off than over a lake? No thanks to the rich, drunk kids who kept buzzing the dock and making it rock back and forth, all the while laughing at us. I swear, spoiled rich kids have no common courtesy. Carly and Chris wanted to start skipping Roman Candles across the water at them, but we eventually decided not to waste our fireworks on them. ^_~
Well, it started to get cloudy and dark 'round about 8, so we decided to head back to Coeur D'Alene to catch the fireworks. We drive all the way back to town and park in a dermatologist's parking lot, with a wonderful view over the river, and catch the fireworks show at a distance. It was really spectacular. Especially since during all of this a hellacious thunderstorm was brewing, and the lighting was competing, almost literally, with the fireworks. BOOM! A red one would go off, and then over to our right, a huge bolt of lighting would split the sky. It was amazing, beautiful and fucking awesome.
On the drive home, the sky was lit up by just an insane amount of lighting. A flash to our left, then to our right, then two right in front of us. We could almost see where it was connecting.
After we got home last night, we all ate, and then just died. Chris forgot to set his alarm back to what it was before, and he was sleeping so hard that he was nearly late for work this morning, but luckily he made it.
I think yesterday was one of the best 4th of Julys I've had in a while. ^^
So yesterday was evenful, a bit stressfull, but ultimately enjoyable. A bit more planning could have gone into yesterday, but we'll know that for next year.
Carly and Michael, Tim, Chris, Lee and I all decide to pack up and head out to a lake to spend the day swimming. Carly suggests Lake Coeur D'Alene, because it has a really great fireworks show. There's a bit of discussion, but we ultimately decide to try and go for it, and Chris is all up for it, because he's got some fireworks that he would like to set off, because fireworks are illegal here in Spokane County.
After getting my dog Joxer into the car, and after a quick stop to Safeway, we head out. The heat was stifling yesterday, at 2:30 it was 99 degrees farenheit, and Carly and Michael's car have no air conditioning. So it's 4-60 AC all the way there.
Downtown Coeur D'Alene is a fucking ZOO. There was literally no parking for at least a good 10 blocks from the beach. You could see the beach was completely full of people, with more people streaming into it. Carly is still adamant at this point, but eventually, we decide to drive the road that goes around the lake, and we'll find a less crowded beach. I have a thing with crowds, not to mention that there was no free parking, we had no change left, no room on the beach, no place to put our stuff where it wouldn't get stepped on or stolen, and someone would have to stay out of the water and brave the crowds and other people's dogs as they kept Joxer on a leash, because Animal Control was actively patrolling the area.
So on we go, driving. And driving. And driving. Aaaaaand driving. Back and forth, turning around, going down random roads. Finally, about 5 pm or so, we get some directions to a public beach. Next time, come hell or high water, no matter WHAT anyone else says, I'm getting a goddamned map. Most of this would have been avoided if we would have stopped in at the gas station in Coeur D'Alene and grabbed a map of the lake from the Park's Service, like I had suggested. "No, we have a GPS." Bah. Maps like that have markers where the beaches are, with all the handy-dandy info, like if there's an outhouse, whether or not dogs need to be leashed, if there's a boatlaunch, ect.
Regardless, we find a place around 5. And oh my god, the water was so warm! It was so, so nice. The bottom was rocky, because it was a public beach, and all the rich assholes have pretty much eaten up all the sandy beaches for themselves. But we just kept our sandals on and continued to swim. After we all get tired of swimming, we all crowd at the end of the docks, and light off most of the fireworks we brought. What better place to light them off than over a lake? No thanks to the rich, drunk kids who kept buzzing the dock and making it rock back and forth, all the while laughing at us. I swear, spoiled rich kids have no common courtesy. Carly and Chris wanted to start skipping Roman Candles across the water at them, but we eventually decided not to waste our fireworks on them. ^_~
Well, it started to get cloudy and dark 'round about 8, so we decided to head back to Coeur D'Alene to catch the fireworks. We drive all the way back to town and park in a dermatologist's parking lot, with a wonderful view over the river, and catch the fireworks show at a distance. It was really spectacular. Especially since during all of this a hellacious thunderstorm was brewing, and the lighting was competing, almost literally, with the fireworks. BOOM! A red one would go off, and then over to our right, a huge bolt of lighting would split the sky. It was amazing, beautiful and fucking awesome.
On the drive home, the sky was lit up by just an insane amount of lighting. A flash to our left, then to our right, then two right in front of us. We could almost see where it was connecting.
After we got home last night, we all ate, and then just died. Chris forgot to set his alarm back to what it was before, and he was sleeping so hard that he was nearly late for work this morning, but luckily he made it.
I think yesterday was one of the best 4th of Julys I've had in a while. ^^
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