It’s that time of the year! Yesterday, Brian took the afternoon off and he and Jake spent the afternoon downtown gazing at motorcycles. Normally I would join them, but I can’t quite take any time off in my new job, so I spent the afternoon in our home office, slaving away at the computer screen.
After supper, Brian, Jake, and I took a few spins around the block on our bikes (As an aside, I think I’m progressing pretty well with the bike riding, but I still can’t imagine driving in traffic at this point. Of course, last week, I couldn’t imagine driving on a road, and the week before that, I couldn’t imagine driving with my feet on the footpegs.), then we got ready and headed back downtown to catch some Thunder. We wanted to catch the fireworks later that evening, so we parked near City View and took the inclined plane downtown.
Jake was hungry so we got him an order of fries. He learned an important lesson yesterday evening–just because someone gives you a giant order of fries doesn’t mean you have to attempt to eat them all. So, he spent the rest of the night with a bellyache. We sat down for a few minutes to give him a break and he took the opportunity to check out this cool chopper. The owner saw him, came over, and told him to hop on. I think that really made Jake’s night. Shortly after this, we went back up the inclined plane and waited for the fireworks to start. The Clarks concert ran a little late, so the fireworks were late in starting, but they were worth the wait. I think they ran for about 30 minutes, which is quite long for fireworks. A lot of people left before they ended. We almost did, but Brian ran into someone he knew, so we were stuck there till the end.
Anyway, it was a fun evening. We’d like to go down there again today, but we have a bunch of other things going on, so I’m not sure we’ll make it.