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Tonopah 4th of July Celebrations
Jul. 5th, 2021 10:00 amOn Sunday, after we returned from visiting the Eye of Sauron Crescent Dunes plant, we walked a short distance (two short blocks from the hotel) up Main Street to see the Tonopah 4th of July Children's Parade.
( Here Come the Kids )
The parade was short, and the road was reopened after roughly thirty minutes. Even as a main highway, there wasn't a lot of traffic backup on a holiday, and those people who were in a hurry could (slowly) make their way around downtown.
Watching this parade makes Lisa and me wonder if there is some way we could work Westercon into it. While it's nominally a Children's parade, if we donated some money to their charity and if there were enough Westercon costumers interested in staying through the final day of the convention (Monday, July 4 is the final day of Westercon 74 next year), it sounds like a short five block parade might be fun. I reckon the key thing is how many people would be willing to do it before we even consider asking the parade organizers if they are interested.
( Evening Fireworks )
As we left the fireworks display around 9:40, Lisa asked if we could get an orange juice, as we'd forgotten to pick one up at Raley's earlier. Both Raley's and Family Dollar close at 9 PM, so we made the rounds of the convenience stores/gas stations along Main Street. Several also had closed at 9 PM, and one that was open until 10 PM didn't have juice, but the Texaco food mart at the south end of town is still open 24 hours and had some orange juice. It's hard to say what the store hours will be next July, and some of these places that have been closing at 9 used to be open 24 hours before the pandemic. If things return to some semblance of normality, they may also return to being open around the clock to serve overnight through traffic.
( Here Come the Kids )
The parade was short, and the road was reopened after roughly thirty minutes. Even as a main highway, there wasn't a lot of traffic backup on a holiday, and those people who were in a hurry could (slowly) make their way around downtown.
Watching this parade makes Lisa and me wonder if there is some way we could work Westercon into it. While it's nominally a Children's parade, if we donated some money to their charity and if there were enough Westercon costumers interested in staying through the final day of the convention (Monday, July 4 is the final day of Westercon 74 next year), it sounds like a short five block parade might be fun. I reckon the key thing is how many people would be willing to do it before we even consider asking the parade organizers if they are interested.
( Evening Fireworks )
As we left the fireworks display around 9:40, Lisa asked if we could get an orange juice, as we'd forgotten to pick one up at Raley's earlier. Both Raley's and Family Dollar close at 9 PM, so we made the rounds of the convenience stores/gas stations along Main Street. Several also had closed at 9 PM, and one that was open until 10 PM didn't have juice, but the Texaco food mart at the south end of town is still open 24 hours and had some orange juice. It's hard to say what the store hours will be next July, and some of these places that have been closing at 9 used to be open 24 hours before the pandemic. If things return to some semblance of normality, they may also return to being open around the clock to serve overnight through traffic.
