Pumkin Pyrotechnics!

So, Halloween is over and now you are left with a surplus of mangled pumpkin carcasses. What to do.... Some take the traditional approach and make pies or cakes, and others just throw them in the trash. This year however turned out a bit different. We were invited to witness the result of pumpkins + rednecks + dynamite + a rifle = fun! And here it is for you to behold..



The story begins in the small town of Weston, Idaho. The people were looking for a way to discourage the teens in this small country town from going out and smashing the pumpkins all over the roads. After some discussion, and a pyrotechnicians license later, the annual pumpkin blowup was born. Everyone is invited to bring their pumpkins and then a short time later, a rifle is used to detonate the small amount of dynamite placed at the bottom of the pile. Some of those that we talked to commented that this year it was a little harder to get the dynamite, so there are several large pieces of pumpkin left. Normally all that one would witness is an orange mist billowing towards the sky.

Even though it was short lived, I really enjoyed it and I think that this might become an annual trip. Who says Rednecks don't know how to have fun. ( I think that I might have a little more redneck in me that I would like to admit.)