Idaho Falls, or "the Falls" as it is locally known, is a largish town by mountain West standards. It is where we go to do major shopping; it holds our nearest Home Depot, Winco and Walmarts, ditto Dillards and Macys, Penneys and Sears.
The best fireworks I will see this year happened last night, July 3, in Idaho Falls. It is put on by a firm called Melaleuca that does what they call "referral marketing" and you may know as pyramid marketing, the sort of thing Amway and Shaklee do.
The story I heard some years ago is that Melaleuca holds their annual sales meeting in IF in early July, culminating in the celebration of our nation's birth where they put on for the entertainment of their top salespeople "The Melaleuca Freedom Celebration Fireworks show" which they call "the largest west of the Mississippi River." I believe it.
I have seen a lot of fireworks shows, including those Disney puts on at Epcot. This tops them all. For a solid half hour the sky is full of amazing light and sound.
They normally fire at least three shells at a time and while those three are dazzling you, another 3 or more are headed skyward to take their place. I'd guess they fire somewhere between 2000 and 3000 rockets every 4th of July, and it may be more. People come from a four state area to see the fireworks, which Melaleuca pays for as a service to the community.
I wish our nation a happy birthday, and many more of them. You can see three photos of these fireworks on the other DrC's blog here.
