The west of the story: KABOOM!

As every American knows, the Fourth of July goes by another name: National Entertaining Explosions Day.  (Oh, and it’s called Independence Day, too.)  Since our visit to Idaho happened to include our nation’s most gunpowdery holiday, we were happy to discover the local municipality celebrated the holiday with gusto — in fact, it boasted one of the largest fireworks displays in the state.  Even better, southwestern Idaho’s generally flat open landscape afforded us the luxury of avoiding crowds and traffic by enjoying the fireworks from several miles away.