4th of July: Redneck Style

I've been thinking about my plans for this year's 4th of July this week. Dreaming about actual summertime if you will. The actual 4th falls during the work week so there will not be much going on. On the 6th of July is where the real fun begins. We head up to our place in Maine and stop at the Unity Racetrack on the way. Now for those of you who don't know (i.e. non-Mainers) the Unity Racetrack is where it's at. For $12 (at least that was the 2006 price) you get in for the races and then the fireworks. The fireworks go off from the race track so there are bits flying every which way (true redneck style). We put on our flag T's and hop in the Jeep with buckets of Deep Woods Off (r) and we're on our way! Last year they had cars jumping jumps until they would not run any longer and cars racing pickup trucks (*squee*). So I'm hoping for more of the same this year.

Nothing celebrates the USA better than burn-outs, fireworks, crazy rednecks, swarms of bugs, and loud music. Bring it on!

And before I forget, here's the lyrics for '4th of July' by Shooter Jennings:

Alone, with the morning burning red on the canvas in my head
Painting a picture of you
And me here, driving across country, in a dusty old RV
Just the road and its majesty
And I'm looking at you with the world in the rear view

-Chorus-
You were pretty as can be, sitting in the front seat
Looking at me, telling me you love me, and you're happy to be,
With me on the 4th of July
We sang Stranglehold to the stereo
Couldn't take no more of that rock 'n' roll
So we put on a little George Jones and just sang along

Those white lines get drawn into the sun if you ain't got no one
To keep you hanging on
And there you were, like a queen in your nightgown, riding shotgun from town to town
Staking a claim on the world we found
And I'm singing to you, you're singing to me, you were out of the blue to a boy like me

-Chorus-
You were pretty as can be, sitting in the front seat
Looking at me, telling me you love me, and you're happy to be,
With me on the 4th of July
We sang Stranglehold to the stereo
Couldn't take no more of that rock 'n' roll
So we put on a little George Jones and just sang along
Sang along

and I' m looking for you
In the silence that we share

-Chorus-
You were pretty as can be, sitting in the front seat
Looking at me, telling me you love me, and you're happy to be,
With me on the 4th of July
We sang Stranglehold to the stereo
Couldn't take no more of that rock 'n' roll
So we put on a little George Jones and just sang along
Sang along

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To all of you Gatherites--have a happy 4th of July if you celebrate it, if not...
that's cool too. Light a sparkler for me and think of me out there at 
the Unity racetrack coated in sunscreen and bugspray and surrounded by friends.