4th of July in rural America

[Syxx_Killer]

I know we usually talk about subs and ships here, but how about something different? Living in a rural area I look forward to this every year. This year was no exception. In a small town north of here there is an antique tractor show for the holiday weekend every year. They also usually have tractor pulls. I have never went to the pulls. They also have fireworks on the Saturday night of the holiday weekend. That is when me and my brother went. We got to the show around 8pm. To my surprise they were still doing pulls. I grabbed a few videos of the pulls, but since we got there so late I got the last dozen or so pulls. I did manage to grab 72 pictures of the tractors. If it makes me a redneck then so be it! I was using my new camera I got back at the end of March. It is a Canon Powershot SD1100 if anyone is interested. It takes great pics and video for such a small point-and-shoot. Well, enough rambling. Here are the pics. I put them in a slideshow on my Photobucket account.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v2...view=slideshow

Here are the videos I uploaded.



























Lastly, here is the video of the last couple minutes of the fireworks. They're not too bad for a small town of about 2000.



I hope you like the videos. They took forever to upload!

[August]

Wicked cool! Thanks for posting!

[Task Force]

err... in urban america for the 4th of july...

went out on boat at night... stupid engine controls are messing up, cant run motor at full, cause it keeps going into neutral... we still got out...

fish and catch some good sized croaker & spot (fish of course.)

watched fireworks go off... (city puts on a good show downtown.) and acouple of people shot of fireworks on there docks.

great 4 of july all in all.

@ Augest, John Adams was here.

Originally Posted by John Adams
Public business must always be done by somebody or other. If wise men decline it others will not. If honest men refuse it, others will not.

[UnderseaLcpl]

Tractor pulls never get old, but I enjoy them a lot more in person.
The sound is an important factor.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Tractor pulls never get old, but I enjoy them a lot more in person.
The sound is an important factor.

Haha And here I thought we were big enough nerds just talking about submarines!

Just kidding

[Pioneer]

I rang my mother in law on the evening of the 4th. She was back home in Nebraska at her High School reunion. Present at the reunion were three members of the 13 graduates from the year 1920.

After getting my call at the local church hall the entire town (population 350) turned out onto the lawn for the fireworks. My MIL called back and in the background I could hear the sounds of fireflies and crickets in the night.

Good wholesome living from our farmers.

[UnderseaLcpl]

Originally Posted by Chad

Haha And here I thought we were big enough nerds just talking about submarines!

Just kidding

First of all, don't confuse being a redneck with being a nerd, even when they coincide.
Secondly, that's big talk from the "Guardian of the Free People of Gondor"

I'll take my skills as a Rider of Rohan over your skills any day! I challenge you!