We went to Rochester to visit the parents and once again we brought fireworks with us for a July 4 extravaganza…
As you can see that’s an impressive haul (and yes everyone was amused at me arranging them for a photo) ranging from tiny little things to monsters that go boom in the night!
The box designs continue to be creative, featuring multiple points from which the sparks/projectiles fire. Although not visible in the photo above the Pyro Engine is mounted on rotating base for a dramatic effect when lit! We also bought a lighthouse with windows that light up. You can see both in the video below.
The two fish were different prices and the most expensive one (about $25) was longer and much more spectacular than the other. The tiny Saturn Missile Battery shot all 25 of the little missiles into the air and only cost $2! Far more impressive was our 196-shot Roman candle (the big black tube in the top photo) which was only $13 and didn’t disappoint!
As with previous years much of our fireworks were fountains like the above. These are what are legal here, and sold in local shops in the month before July 4. It’s always a mystery what these fireworks will actually do when lit, but most of the ones we set off last night were very pretty 🙂
We had a lot of hand-held items this year, and they seem to be a little bigger and… dangerous… every year!
The weather was beautiful and the temperature just right. We had a delicious grilled dinner immediately before the fireworks, although I’d been setting off a lot of the smaller ones all afternoon!
That handheld one was like a portable lightsaber! The flames roared as they came out, and I could easily feel the heat holding it as I was. The theme of this item was the Statue of Liberty, and the flames changed between red white and blue.
Of course the more dramatic ones are better suited to video, so here’s a little montage movie I put together of some of the highlights:
Happy Independence Day 🙂
