It's hard to beat a night with no bugs, laying back in a chair on the side of a lake, headphones on listening to SR-71, with fireworks everywhere you can see including directly above, and hot ash coming down... OK, so maybe the hot ash wasn't that great, but otherwise it's good. The night started off clear, and just got smokier as time went on. I wish I had a better camera as mine won't take exposures much longer than a second, and I can't set the time delay and sequence shooting at the same time to do digital addition. It does stay light out until around 11 though... Anyways, hours later and the fireworks are still going strong... I think the no bugs (at least ones that want to bite) is the best part about being here though. The trip up wasn't so bad either. I watched Active Stealth on the way up, along with listening to lots of music, some sleeping, and reading magazines. Since I've been up here I've taken lots of pictures (pretty much filled up the camera twice, and it takes around 300 or 150 depending on the mode (I was going between). Even got to sleep in a decent amount today, which was good since I was so tired I started Blown Away last night but couldn't finish it. I've been out just cruising in the pontoon and speedboat a few times, just enjoying the weather, listening to music, and taking pictures. Even visited Canada twice today... My headphones do a pretty good job of blocking out the ambient sound if I want, which is nice when the family is talking - just sit in the front of the boat looking forward, and throw them on for a nice and peaceful ride. I guess I should probably go to bed now though since everyone else already has and they'll probably want me up tomorrow. I'll have to put together the pictures on the way back so I can get them up sooner...