I know this is a tad late, but I'm still catching up on everything.   Actually our 4th of July we celebrated on the 3rd with our buddies Mike & Mandy (also team members - so that was cool).  We went out to their town about 15 minutes away to enjoy their fireworks on the lake.  We grabbed a quickie bite to eat at Applebees and made our way over.  The place was a madhouse!!  We were still pulling into the parking area as the fireworks were starting (though we had sat in the traffic to even GET in, for about a half hour nearly!)  As we were pulling in some drops of rain started to fall on the windows... YAY!!  I'm sorry but you just can't get better than fireworks and a storm!  As we pulled into a parking spot and began to watch the display, we also got a mother nature display as well, with thunder rolling in and some flashes of lighting.  As the show progressed, so did the storm! We got some amazing streaks right through (it appeared) the fireworks in the sky!  It was absolutely perfect! You couldn't have gotten a happier camper then us at that moment!  The fireworks never impress me that much, but this time was different with the beautiful natural display we got in addition... it was too cool!

We decided to go back to Mike and Mandy's house to sit out in their screened porch to watch the rest of the display. We adorned ourselves in glow stick creations and watched the beautiful storm progress.  It was truly amazing.  I just love the midwest summer storms.  Now, just need to go tornado chasing!

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