4th of July In Brookings

In Brookings, Oregon, 

the fireworks are set off

 from the jetty along the beach.  

 People start arriving for 

the day in the early morning

hours, and gradually fill up the beach,

by the time the sun sets.

Bonfires are lit to ward off the chill.

Smoke from personal fireworks

 and the bonfires

drift around and eventually become

a breathing hazard.

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In past years, 

we stayed the entire day on the beach,

 and we're done with that.

Those were extremely long 

but enjoyable days.

It was beautiful though 

having a front row seat

watching the fireworks 

sparkle all the way down into the ocean.

One year on the fourth,

there was a full moon

watching over all.

It was 

shining bright upon the ocean

and illuminating the waves

as they washed ashore.

Beautiful!

The fireworks are staged up along the jetty,

ready to be fired off for the big show 

which doesn't start until 10 PM.

Meanwhile our family reunion group

is on the green field area away 

from the beach where the air

is much less smokey.

Here's our group of young teen

family members enjoying their 

personal fireworks.

I tried to get photos

of the fireworks from the big show,

but they didn't turn out so well.

Eh, I still like the photos.

The last three photos

are from Conner's stash

of fireworks that we enjoyed

a couple days earlier.

Conner and Katelyn

had a good time

watching Mommy's show.

It's rather nice to go see

the Fourth of July festivities

over on the coast where it's nice

and cool cold.

We were bundled up in blankets

sweatshirts, coats

and whatever else we could

wrap up in.

Liberty enjoyed her evening

greeting everyone who stopped

to pet her. 

  All that attention

  tired her out, so

  she slept through the fireworks.

I don't know how she managed that

but we were really glad that

they didn't bother her.