Saturday, July 5, 2008

Ring of Fire-Silver Lake, NY





Ric finds the "mother load"!






















Things that go boom in the night... mortars!















Lighting up!
























The Ring of Fire & Fireworks display














An awesome display!
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

19 comments:

Dave said...

You can always tell when an ex-army guy is in the crowd. He's the the one with a bunch of explosives, ready to blow something up. Happy 4th, its great to live in a free country.

Ric Larson said...

Yes Dave, this ex-Army guy likes to 'lock and load on rock'n roll! We had to shoot off the fire works on the 3rd instead of the 4th (local town law). It was fun!

Hope every one else on this blog is having or had a good 4th of July!

Happy belated birthday to you Sam Sparks where ever you are?

DRL said...

great pictures comander kamakazi!!!

Doug said...

What kind of a town has a law where you can't shoot your fireworks off on the 4th?! I mean why the 3rd and not the 4th?
Just wondering.
By the way it looks cool there. Must be nice. It's like 100 here. Feels like the sun is about a foot from your head.

Ric Larson said...

Doug, these pictures were taken in upstate New York, just south of the Canadian border. It was in the mid 80's at noon, but as soon as the sun began to set...it chilled off real quickly.

Still don't understand the local law around here about not celebrating Independance Day on the 4th? It's a New York thing I think?

Ric Larson said...

Hey Doug, fire works like I never seen or heard befor just began going off moments ago across the lake. My brother-in-law said that they were coming from the 'Sportsman Club', but they do not fear being cited by the local authorities (all the local law enforcement officers and cops belong to the Sportsman Club and are the ones shooting off the fire works). Screw the local politicians the 'cops' are expressing just said my brother-in-law. He knows the 'lone Judge' out here, and the Judge knows the real deal. Love'n it!

pat said...

In ft Myers the fire works are going off before and after the 4th..I'm hearing them now, as I type. Got on my kids ass because he said they were throwing them at each other. He doesn't seem to care it may take his eye out. okay, so I'll have a kid with an eye patch.

Ric Larson said...

The last photo looks like I just blew my load! I did indeed! About 12 mortars all at one time!

Had some help from a few friends/in-laws lighting the fire works.

Sean said...

ahem, aren't fireworks, like illegal in NY?

I did take a box of FIRE to Long Island for the weekend and, honestly, you really couldn't tell they were illegal at all. It sounded like the battle of bunker hill and the BOOMS continued well into the night.

Sean said...

Now, in NH (i.e. live free or die) we can just go to the distributor and buy almost anything, except firecrackers/blockbusters/M-80's. That still leaves lots of room for mischief.

Hey, gang, didn't we stuff a baggie full of gasoline in an Estes rocket once?

Ric Larson said...

You bet cha Sean! They are very, so very illegal here in New York. That is what made it so much!

But then the thrill was lost when we found out that all the local 'Law Enforcement Officers' were blowing off there own ilegal fire works at the local 'firemans/riflemans club' across the lake. (The local judge in the area was at our party and told us so).

Joanna said...

Pat,You-tell-your-boys-that-they-really-can-lose-an-eye.My-brother-Dean-did.No-safety-glasses.His-eye-blew-up-then-shrivelled-to-nothing:(Just-as-a-parent,I-had-to-share-that.He-still-doesn't-wear-a-patch...too-hot-here-he-tells-me.I'm-cool-with-that-and-him.Pissed-it-happened-to-my-brother:(

Sean said...

then there are those of us who just play with gunpowder or even just make it from scratch...

'course this can cause some issues, right Dave? I still remember your finger!

DRL said...

Hey, if you ain't hav'n fun, it ain't worth doi'n!!! ha

Joanna said...

Which-Dave?

Dave said...

Well, this Dave decided to light a pile of highly explosive gun-powder from several rocket engines, with a match. When it lit off, it just so happened that my hand was a little too close to the fiery inferno, which flashed up in a split second, and severely burned the tops of my four right hand fingers. But did I learn my lesson about playing with fire? Of course not.

DRL said...

Dave, Robert should get in on this conversation about fire, heating up pipes and harm done, hu. haaaaa

pat said...

Early signs.....Dementia

DRL said...

Pat, Ric is the mental worker in our family, but I would say that rather than dementia, this is more under the defenition of INSANITY. Hey anyone remember the crazy lady with the crew cut that screamed something to the effect of, "REDUCE THE INSANITY!!!".