StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders Jimmy and Tina Nidiffer, from Elizabethton, relax in the shade by the Watauga River in Riverside Park and enjoy a quiet picnic for two.

StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders Good friends (l-r) Caleb Hayden, Shane Stephens and Wilson Burns enjoy an afternoon game of pepper at Cat Island Park in Elizabethton.

StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders Tanaka Isaacs (left) her twin brother Titus (center), both 10 and big brother Markie,11, enjoy an afternoon of sliding and playing at Cat Island Park.

StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders Central Fire Department volunteer firefighters Nathaniel Fair (left) and Robert “Butch” Jones restock their tables as the annual fireworks sales for the fire district continues through July 5th. Many of the other county volunteer fire departments sell fireworks around the Fourth of July and New Years' holidays to raise funds for their departments.

StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders Makenlee Good (left) and Journee Scalf enjoy an afternoon playing at Cat Island Park.

Star Photo / Larry N. Souders Elizabethton’s April Helton puts the finishing touches on her fireworks shopping spree in the Super Sam’s tent on South Roan Street near the Okolona exit off I-26 in West Carter County.

StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders Tanaka Isaacs leaps to the crossbar as brother Markie watches from the ground at Cat Island Park.

StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders Gary MacArthur, from Johnson City, examines some of the rocket fireworks in the Super Sam’s tent on South Roan Street near the Okolona exit off I-26 in West Carter County for the upcoming Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Star Photo/Larry N. Souders With many fireworks extravaganzas being canceled this year, this photo reminds of us a time when fireworks filled the air last year at Watauga Lake for the Fourth of July.