I was set for an adventure to Jackson Center this weekend. At the last second, I was convinced to attend Thunder instead. The fireworks were spectacular. The airshow was amazing. Getting up at 6:45 AM and spending 16 hours on a tarp after arriving at 4 AM, paying too much for food, and sitting in a car waiting to piss for the 2.5 hours it took to get home made up for it. In every way but the the planes and bombs, Riverfest is better. The crowds are more forgiving, the timing can be sloppy. I can show up in the early evening, take a seat, and be home before the smoke clears.
Sunday was essentially sleeping and eating. I exposed Sarah to Smokey Bones and disgusted her by inhaling two sides and a full rack, backed by a pint of Sam, in half an hour. We watched Bedtime Stories while eating free crazy bread.
I still intend to go north when I can, and spent several hours on a hot tarp Saturday wishing I had, but either way it was going to be a good weekend. This weekend was also the first real test of the new lights, and they work better than I'd imagined. I tested the brights on a straight stretch of 71, and every sign for more than a mile lit up.
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5 comments:
WEBN fireworks owned Thunder. As i said a thousand times before.
The actual explosives at Thunder beat Riverfest and I'm a sucker for airshows, but I agree overall. Riverfest also has the distinct advantage of lighting the sky on fire over the skyline of my home city.
I think the music is what really makes Riverside better. The music at Thunder had Barry White...
I honestly think that I like the WEBN fireworks more. The only thing that I liked better about Thunder was the airshow/fireworks and the flat surface/tarp. I really hated trying to sit still on a down hill slope at the WEBN.
I also hated the traffic afterwards and immediately getting sick because of the fumes. :( That sucked.
All in all, though, I think I prefer WEBN's experience over Thunder. But I still think I like Thunder's fireworks more...I just don't like the mass crowd. :P Crowds=suck. BUH.
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