The Best Fireworks Around

As some you may have guessed, there are nights when there seems to be absolutely nothing going on, and it’s on these nights that we hop in the car and travel 10 minutes to another small town.  On this particular Saturday night, that small town would be Hanover, Kansas (Yes Kansas, Odell is about 3 miles from the state line).  Pulling up to town you see hundreds, no thousands, of cars lined up in an open lot.  So just what is going on here?  The biggest fireworks display around.  People travel from all over to see it, lucky for us it’s short drive.  We find our friends, get a spot in the bed of the truck and open up the coolers.  Everyone talks and drinks (drinking is inevitably a part of small-town life on the weekends) as the anticipation builds waiting for the show to start.  Finally it begins, of course with the National Anthem as the sky is lit up with red, white, and blue.  Sitting there, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else in the world.  This is one of those perfect summer nights that could be lyrics to a country song.  So if you're ever in the Nebraska/Kansas area and want to see a small town at its maximum capacity and some amazing fireworks come on down to Hanover, you won't be disappointed!

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