Independence Day

Hi Tristyn. Yesterday was our country's birthday, which we call Independence Day. Traditionally this means American's do things like have a family bbq and go to a local park to watch the fireworks displays at 9pm. Where we live it's 3000 degrees at 9pm still, so we had an indoor bbq. Instead of trying to find a parking spot and a place to sit at the park with everyone else we drove up to Desert Willow Golf Course to watch the fireworks by ourselves in the back of my truck. It sits on a bit of a plateau providing views of the desert cities, so we were able to see the Palm Desert fireworks show very well, as well as the Palm Springs show to our right, and the Indio show to our left.

We watched the fireworks there a few years ago when Chase & Jessie were younger. We were the only ones there that year, but this year there was 3 other cars parked out there too. Still a great hidden spot.

Since we weren't directly under where they were blasting off the fireworks, the boom didn't scare you and we were able to enjoy the show from afar, although that meant the fireworks appeared a bit smaller than if we were closer to them. You loved the fireworks show, you were giggling at them, so I guess you thought they were funny. This was one night I was glad that you are a total night owl (you've been staying up until 11:30 and waking up at 10am) so you could experience the fireworks with us. Showing you new things makes it more fun for us.