Happy Birthday America!

I wanted to sleep in as much as I could because I was going to be making a trip to Bremerton tonight after the fireworks show. It didn’t work as well as I would have hoped. I woke up early. I tried to go back to sleep and I wasn’t able to. I think I did get one more hour.

I was getting ready to go to the fireworks show. I set up my cooler with some stuff to eat and drink up there. Then I went to station two and got the fire engine and drove down to station one. I picked up some supplies and it was up to Sunnyside park. I had forgotten my camera and used the Chief’s rig to go get it.

We helped to get everything set up. Heston and I got dinner and then went back to the fire apparatus. We showed it off to people and I took photos as that happened. Finally it was starting to get dark and it was close to the time for the show.

We got everything put away. I went on top of the fire engine to watch the show. It was a nice show and I got some photos of the fireworks going off. We waited at the park for about thirty minutes for everyone to clear out. Then we drove back to the station. We got the stuff put away and I drove home. I ordered a pizza to go and headed to Bremerton.

I was hoping to make it to Vantage before I had to take a nap, but the roads were clear and I was moving along very well. When I went through Vantage I wasn’t tired so I kept on moving. Soon I was in the Pass. Then I was on Highway Eighteen. Then I got on I-Five. Then I was crossing the Tacoma Narrows bridge. It wasn’t a lot longer before I got to the field. I found a place to park and tried to sleep. It was around five-thirty in the morning. I tossed and turned a lot. I couldn’t get very comfortable. I think I was able to manage one hour of sleep.