Well another fun time at the Family First. I went earlier than usual this year for several reasons the first big one was the holiday picnic I went to in the U-district that I was going to, that was scheduled to go til eight, ended at six and I found myself with two extra hours of free time. On top of that I had a Meetup invite to the Fireworks at 8:45 so since I was going anyway I excepted the invite.
The festivities were fun including some fun games for the kids including tug of war, sack racing a hula hoop contest and pie eating. (I’d eaten WAY too much at the picnic so that last one was hard to watch.)
The crowd picked up in the last hour to the point of the final countdown it was obscenely crowded. It kept reminding me of the Star Trek episode Mark of Gideon, though I overheard someone behind me comparing it with World War Z. I kept wondering just how large a portion of the population of Seattle was at the park. (I figure if one assumed there was at least one person per square meter one could get a reasonable guestimate.
Anyway the Fireworks were lovely and for once they seemed to think about the playlist. The songs that weren’t overtly patriotic were at least about fireworks or striving for success.
So anyway I got home in one piece I think it was more crowded than usual as this was the longest it’s ever taken me to get out of the park and the line of pedestrians didn’t thin out until the U-District. Hope everyone else had a good holiday as well.
This week’s sketch is from the Seattle Peace conference at Gasworks Park featuring Jessica Lynne and several others which occurred on June 30th.