Dear Editor,

I grew up in Blanco and wanted to take my family back home for a small-town Fourth of July celebration. I was excited to find out that Johnson City was having an all-day event to celebrate Independence Day, so we went.

Unfortunately, the short parade left much to be desired for my five-year-old, but we took a detour to the Pedernales Falls and enjoyed the cool water and beautiful scenery. When it was finally time for the fireworks to begin, I really didn’t know what to expect, but was hoping for a good show. Wow, my family and I were amazed! The night air was filled with great patriotic music and amazing fireworks for over forty minutes. We were blown away!

Thank you to all of the sponsors who dug deep in their pockets to help host such a great fireworks show.

Everyone on the grounds had a front row seat to a spectacular fireworks event. We will definitely be looking to come back next year.

Your appreciative Blanco native,

Valerie (Friesenhahn) Garcia

San Antonio, TX