Day 42, Thursday July 4th:
Today was our last day of the trip not including the travel
day home that would follow. We arrived
to West Lafayette, Indiana at Purdue University at noon to visit and stay with
our friend Chris Tucci. Upon arriving
Chris gave us a quick driving tour of the university before we went shopping
for the day’s events. Today the plan was
to celebrate Independence Day with a BBQ and fireworks. We stopped at a local Wal-Mart to pick up
some food items and then stopped at a firework store to get some supplies. Fireworks are legal in Indiana which made for
a 4th of July celebration that none of us have ever
experienced. Ravi was the most excited
by this opportunity as he had much fun as a child back in India playing with
such fireworks…he is also a bit of a pyro maniac.
After a few hours we noticed we were running low on fireworks…and it was only 4pm. We decided to go back to the store for a 2nd time and loaded up on some better supplies. Jeremy found a box called “The Road Trip” which seemed very appropriate for the last hurrah of the trip.
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As we were in the store one of the employees asked “Weren’t you guys here already”. This was embarrassing….so later when we went back for a third time we decided to go to the store across the street.
The lighting of fireworks and celebration of the 4th lasted roughly 10 hours before we decided to call it a night. On the way home Keith and Ravi got to have their long awaited Taco Bell with Tucci which Jeremy had done his best to avoid during the trip.
After a few hours we noticed we were running low on fireworks…and it was only 4pm. We decided to go back to the store for a 2nd time and loaded up on some better supplies. Jeremy found a box called “The Road Trip” which seemed very appropriate for the last hurrah of the trip.
.JPG)
As we were in the store one of the employees asked “Weren’t you guys here already”. This was embarrassing….so later when we went back for a third time we decided to go to the store across the street.
The lighting of fireworks and celebration of the 4th lasted roughly 10 hours before we decided to call it a night. On the way home Keith and Ravi got to have their long awaited Taco Bell with Tucci which Jeremy had done his best to avoid during the trip.
~Jeremy, Keith, and Ravi
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