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vik_thor The last 3 years, I have been going out behind our house, to some school property, and watch the Fireworks at the Bridgeton Municipal Athletic Center, which is a little over 1 mile, walking distance from us. Since we are on a 'bluff' of sorts, above the Missouri River (above the flood plain), We can also see the St Charles fireworks display,
I don't know for sure where all the other official ones we can see are, but since most of St. Charles County to our northwest (north of the MO 370) is floodplain between the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, and the far side of the Mississippi river is Calhoun County, Illinois, between the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, and I can usually see several waaay out on the horizon...
Not to mention all the illegal personal ones...
(one on the Mall Access road / parking lot and one on the parking lot of the school, just to the west... and I think this year, we had some on MoBottom road by the cell tower...)
22:30 CDT, and all the official ones are done... still hearing tons of fireworks...
And I wonder how many people are going to be injured this year by bleeeping stupid men shooting guns up into the air...
Anyway, I did not go out back this year for the 4th. my knees and hips have been very achey the past few days.
My feet had been a bit swollen, so I made an appt with doctor last TH, and he took me off one of my BP medicines. I had bloodwork done yesterday, (Need to make sure my cardiologist gets access to them.)
Need to double check when my next appt with Cardiologist is...
I have had a few very dizzy / lightheaded episodes... (Current BP 118 / 80)
I don't know for sure where all the other official ones we can see are, but since most of St. Charles County to our northwest (north of the MO 370) is floodplain between the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, and the far side of the Mississippi river is Calhoun County, Illinois, between the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, and I can usually see several waaay out on the horizon...
Not to mention all the illegal personal ones...
(one on the Mall Access road / parking lot and one on the parking lot of the school, just to the west... and I think this year, we had some on MoBottom road by the cell tower...)
22:30 CDT, and all the official ones are done... still hearing tons of fireworks...
And I wonder how many people are going to be injured this year by bleeeping stupid men shooting guns up into the air...
Anyway, I did not go out back this year for the 4th. my knees and hips have been very achey the past few days.
My feet had been a bit swollen, so I made an appt with doctor last TH, and he took me off one of my BP medicines. I had bloodwork done yesterday, (Need to make sure my cardiologist gets access to them.)
Need to double check when my next appt with Cardiologist is...
I have had a few very dizzy / lightheaded episodes... (Current BP 118 / 80)
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Date: 2025-07-10 10:41 am (UTC)I've personally found it increasingly difficult to celebrate the 4th with how things are going here. Not that I don't love my country, but I hate some of the things that are going on and what it feels like our country is turning into.
I honestly miss what it used to be like to look forward to the holiday. To enjoy the fireworks. To be happy that I'm here. But I just don't feel that anymore. For sure I could have ended up in a much worse place, but it seems like now if I want to find somewhere in the world where my views on things are more common, I have to look elsewhere. It leads to feeling pretty alone sometimes. Especially with where I live being a state that is specifically more against my grain than others.