The party's over...
(Photo and one below by Gailor Large)
It was a great Fourth. My only regret was that I didn't stop on the way up the mountain at Loony Luke's Fireworks Supermarket (or Crazy Ed's). I fell asleep before the fireworks last night.
It's no use stopping on our way back to the Nashville airport. Southwest for some reason has this policy (and signs up everywhere stating it) that you can't pack fireworks in your luggage.
Not that I would buy anything more dangerous than sparklers and a Happy Families Chinese Lantern or two. A high school friend of mine had two fingers blown off when he picked up a cherry bomb that someone had thrown into his car. But that's Tennessee for you.
As for the food, there was plenty of it around yesterday. ...
Vendors were grilling chicken, hamburgers, corn on the cob, ribs and hot dogs and selling them. Local places like Crust pizzeria had stands. There were the cakes from the cake decorating contest. And for dessert, people in the parade threw Tootsie Rolls, hard candies and bubble gum to kids along the route. (One of these days someone is going to get killed darting out in the street for candy.)
For dinner we headed to the Smoke House, and its Holiday Buffet ($14.95). I had a celebratory glass of champagne on the front porch swing of the house we're renting for the week, then fried chicken, ribs, pulled pork, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, flat beans, turnip greens with cubes of turnip in them, baked beans, macaroni and cheese, and corn muffins and biscuits.
I skipped the banana pudding for dessert.
(Photo and one below by Gailor Large)
