Redneck 4th O' July

[akhalteke]

Jacked up Pickem-up trucks and whiskey were not in short supply this weekend. Great times and only a few fistfights. Good times.

[akhalteke]

[akhalteke]

Stars and Bars made too numerous appearances to count.

[tvashtarkatena]

Holy shit, I saw that same truck and giant Dixie ten years ago when I took my then girlfriend and her Swedish friend, who'd never been to the States before, to good old Ocean Shores for a bit of uniquely American Independence Day beach experience. The look on the Swede's face when she saw the mayhem was priceless.

 

Well, maybe the truck was an older model year, but the flag flown the same way...coincidence? I think not.

Edited July 7, 2008 by tvashtarkatena

[olyclimber]

saw a pickup down in orygun this weekend that i'm pretty sure would not make it under a freeway overpass, though perhaps the point was that they would attempt to just go over

[AlpineK]

I went to the parade in Carnation on the 4th. One fellow in the parade had a 4wd monster rig that was so wide that it would be illegal to drive it on any road. It also wouldn't fit on 98% of the jeep tracks out there. Another group in the parade had some regular looking Suburban type vehicles, but the driver and passenger sat in a cab that was 15' off the ground. Other than driving slow in a parade those things would tip over if somebody sneezed. If not you'd clip phone lines when you tried to drive, "under," them.

[minx]

didn't even see fireworks this w/e. it was great

[tvashtarkatena]

I was coming back from the Sawtooths on the 4th and saw a black bear on the side of Hwy 20. The bear didn't even seem to notice us much...it just kept on munching the roadside perennials, apparently unaware of the anniversary. After that we caught some roadside rocket fire just before Darrington, which seemed to be timed for our arrival. Darrington was apparently was too methed out to have a civic display. As we approached Seattle the density of state troopers pulling drunks out of their cars, ditches, or both increased exponentially.

 

Personally, I hate being around town on the fourth. It's like a fucking zombie movie, only these zombies have already eaten their own brains.

[minx]

i did get a speeding ticket and two warnings this w/e so i contributed to the economy. i think that was very patriotic of me.

 

got stung by a couple of yellow jackets too. apparently they didn't feel that climbing on the 4th was very patriotic.

 

guess at all depends on your perspective.

 

i did drink some beer. maybe that counts