I would have to say that this year was the best Firework show yet at Pismo Pier. For the last 8 years we have been going down to the pier. Last year we had family up and we parked our cars on the beach. We really didn't get to see the fireworks up close and personal like we usually do. We still had a great time with all the cousins and hoping one year we can do that again. It was the first time all the grandkids(cousins) were together at the same time! This year we did our same routine. We Park at a local grocery store and walk 2 miles down to the pier. There is 20,000 people down there so we chose to walk instead of getting stuck in traffic for 2 hours after the show. Oh, and don't mind the blurry pictures the little point and shoot is such a bummer right now,lol!
Independence Day is very dear to me. I have always been an avid reader of history and as a small child had to memorize a lot of speeches and was taught a lot about the Constitution. I felt really emotional(not uncommon for me,lol) as the fireworks went off. They sounded like bombs and gunshots. I recalled the Paul Revere story of the midnight watchmen. I feel our Country is in great danger of it's freedom and I have felt this way for a long time. For the lyrics of the Universal Soldier is a song that has repeated in my head for years. I know another American Revolution is coming. Our Government today reminds me of the stories of the British back in 1775. I am proud to be an American and I realize why the Book of Mormon is so key in my faith. A land of Zion and of promise. A land of free will and free agency. I will always hold these truths to be self evident.
