Get your mind out of the gutter – the Red Garter Parlor closed down a long time ago.
Watch the fireworks in Ottumwa Park on the 4th of July, HWY 34 & 63.
It was bloody miserable out – 93 degrees, according to the notes I have, with a humidity in the 80s. Sticky, hot, damp from the floods and previous rains… but the 4th of July is a tradition, and my wife’s favorite holiday. So trek out to the park we did.
Joining us were probably at least another thousand-plus people, all wanting the best view of the fireworks from the Ottumwa lakes. With parking jammed tight, we were somehow lucky enough to get a parking spot with a clear shot of the launch point right in front of us, allowing for minimal walking.
After that, it was just a matter of waiting for it to get dark enough. After a number of test fires, the show began.
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Hey, it is the Fourth. it was everything the kid in me wants, and organized enough by the local police – hat tip to them – to satisfy the need for the adult in me to not get road rage.
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