Camping and Fireworks

This 4th of July has been the best of all the independence days that I can remember! On July 3rd we packed up our car and left for a camping trip. My mom, sister, and Jared headed up at about 10:00am to enjoy the lake and set up camp. Meanwhile my dad and brother-in-law, Jacob, were supposed to meet us there at 8:30pm because they both had to work. At the campsite we had an amazing time swimming in the lake up at Sugar Pine Forest. I recommend this spot for camping it had an amazing lake! Anyway, after we dried off and got camp set up, we played some card games to pass time until Dad and Jacob got there.

 It was 9:00pm and they still had not arrived which made us start to worry. We had no fire because they had the matches and It was getting dark. While forest noises started to fill our ears Jared starting naming every one we heard. "That's just someone walking to the bathroom... That's a squirrel... That's a dog barking." Finally we decided to get in our tent and enjoy the card game inside. Every time we heard a car drive by we, meaning the girls, rushed to the windows on the tent in hopes it would be Dad and Jacob in their white truck with two red canoes in the trunk. Jared made the side comment, "This is going to be a rough night when I am sleeping by the door and you girls climb over me every time a car drives by. Finally, at about 11:30pm we decided to get in the car and drive 'til we got cell service. As we drove to the exit of Sugar Pine a white truck with two red canoes honked at us. It was them! Coincidentally coming in at the same exact time we decided to leave!
Turned out they ended up in Truckee which is 2 hours away from Sugar Pine because they were chatting it up. We ended up having a great time waiting for them to arrive because of all the card games and jokes about why they were not there yet.

The next morning we packed up camp and headed to the lake to go on rope-swings and canoes. The water felt great! I probably went 5 times on the rope-swing. Jared and I swam across the lake which was a ton of fun. I would not hesitate to go camping at Sugar Pine again!
When we arrived home after our interesting camping experience we got dressed in our red, white, and blue in spirit of our country's birthday! We went to our usual spot for watching fireworks and got red and blue Slurpees from the AMPM gas station a block away. Although we have watched the fireworks in this place many times, this firework show was by far the best I have seen. We sprawled on the ground in hopes of feeling the thundering jolt of what we call "The Shotgun" fireworks. We ended up getting pieces of ashes in our eyes from the fireworks in result of them being right above us but it was completely worth it! What a show! I cannot wait until next year!