To watch fireworks on a nearly black lake is a singular experience. The fireworks put on a day or two before the Fourth of July by the restaurant Carlos N' Charlie's last a dizzying 40 minutes. Each firework shows its fiery face and fizzles, only to be followed by another. The last minute or so is a display of rapid-fire sound and color, until suddenly the lake is plunged into blackness. The silence that follows is broken only by clapping and then the start of motor boats as they wind their way home.
