When I was a kid, all fireworks were illegal here in Idaho but they could be bought next door in WY. When we had a trip planned in that direction, we'd all save all the money we could to buy as many as possible. Of course when we hit the 1st border town, we'd all want to spend every nickle since we never had the patience to wait until we were farther into the state and they were cheaper. Stuff like sparklers and Roman Candles were considered girly. We wanted explosives. Cherry bombs and M80's. Packs of Black Cats. We wanted a bang for our bucks. Mom preferred sparklers. Booorrrring. She said we could write our names in the air with them. Even mooorrre booorrrring. We wanted our names to explode.
