Last night, even before midnight, people started to set off fireworks. 

But at midnight, it went into full swing! But because of the fog we could not see most of it. Since the sale of fireworks is illegal in North Carolina, not a lot of people bothered to make trips to the three surrounding states where they are legal, so some people improvised. There were some very distinct loud cracks from the other side of the woods. “You hear that?… That’s a damn pistol.”

“Well, hell yeah! Go get your .38!”

“No! Todd has work in the morning. That would wake him up for sure.”

“Damn it…”

We had nothing to set off. But we still had fun.