Friday Five: Boom Boom Boom

Independance Day, The Fourth of July, is just around the corner.  If you go all out for the big booms and keep your neighbors up until all hours of the night, you have been planning for next wednesday for almost a year.  However, for those of us who prefer to keep the spending money in our pockets and refuse to take our an installment loan for fireworks ( i am not kidding), there are many options on the harbor to help you celebrate the 4th in style.

Have an Old Fashioned 4th in Westport this 4th of July.  The hub of the activity is at the Maritime Museum in Westport and the event is 'done up right' by the Westport-South Beach Historical Society.  The HUGE flag is in the spotlight during this wonderful celebration, and if you are one for picnics, pies and arts and crafts this is the place to be for Independence day.

Splash into the 4th at Morrison Riverfront in Aberdeen.  Along the Chehalis River Waterfront, Splash boasts event booths galore, food and blow up bouce houses.  A beautiful fireworks display that synchronizes to Bigfoot 93.7 radio as soon as dark hits.  This festival brings together the spirit of play and independence for the fourth of July.

Watch the Fire O'er the Water in Ocean city.  Billed as the best fireworks show on the washington coast, this extravaganza of sparklers is not to be missed and free!

Now for todays Friday Five... because what would a friday be with out our lists we are so found of?
1.Firecrackers

Cylinders filled with gunpowder. You light a fuse and stand back, and they explode

2.Rockets

Cylinders filled with gunpowder tied to a stick that shoot into the air after you light them

3.Fountains

Usually cylindrical and generally the bigger the package, the longer it will last and the higher it will go
they include a shower of colorful sparks with very little noise

4.Cakes

All include a single fuse which ignites a preset routine of shells, fountains, and rockets

5.Artillery

A reloadable tube with any number and variety of launchable of shells