Happy July, a month of pure summer fun in North Carolina!
In Greensboro, we're about equal distance from the mountains and the beaches, and many of us ride up and down I-40 all month long enjoying nature, festivals, and getting away in our state. Also, it is that time of year when the ubiquitous FIREWORKS tents appear in just about every parking lot in town! Here we see the back side of one at Wal-Mart. The tent, parking lot, and stores are located under a Carolina blue sky on the property of the former Carolina Circle Mall. How nice to experience the retail revival of northeast Greensboro, in the neighborhood of Cone Blvd. and US-29.
The Fourth of July is the only day of the year when North Carolinians are allowed to use fireworks. This rule can be a hard one to obey with South Carolina, "the mother of all fireworks," as our southern neighbor! For North Carolinians, South Carolina was the original "South of the Border." If your neighborhood is anything like ours, you've been hearing "boom, boom, sizzle, pop, boom" all week-- a prelude to July 4th, legal or not!
Have a safe Fourth of July and if you aren't sure which fireworks are legal in NC, check out USFireworks.
Finally, today's City Daily Photo theme is "empty." Here, we see an "empty" fireworks tent! Click here to view thumbnails for all participants
Darn. Looking at the photo, I thought the circus was in town. Be safe out there.
Posted by: Bill B | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 at 07:27 AM
All that big tent is just for fireworks?? Yikes, I'm staying put here in my country. Good luck.
Posted by: Dina | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 at 08:18 AM
Yep, that time of year! We have tents all over here in Va too. Not sure what the laws are yet on them. In Georgia you couldn't do any that shoot into the air, or something like that, but people would go to SC all the time to get them. I remember a big store right by Lake Hartwell, right over the SC line :)
Posted by: Tanya | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Totally off topic: I miss WalMart. I never thought I would!
Posted by: cieldequimper | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 at 01:26 PM
Firecrackers, the bane of civilization. The nuts around here sign a paper saying they're going to use them on their farms and then blow up hundreds of dollars worth of stuff in every neighborhood in town.
The rockets red glare does nothing for me when it's headed toward my roof!
Posted by: Jacob | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 at 05:07 PM
Empty but not for long by the sounds of it!
Posted by: Greg | Thursday, July 02, 2009 at 01:28 AM
Looking forward to an awesome 4rth of July celeb!!
Posted by: Danton | Thursday, July 02, 2009 at 11:54 PM