Well, the weather was great. A mix of clouds and sun and we had seats in the shade. My face is sunburn however from walking out in the sun to take photos. This year the number of rockets was much smaller, the large rocket they always do was about ⅓ of the size in past years (unless they brought another big one in after we left) and there was too much time between launches.
I did have fun learning to use my 70 to 300 MM telephoto lens on my Sony DSLR and using continuous shooting to capture rapid moving subjects. A few of those photos are below. I will work with the video later.
The rockets must have done their job because it started raining about 6pm and is still coming down at 7:19. Phai went to the farm and said the rice is coming in good. I will try and go tomorrow. Well, I want to get this posted so I will add a few photos and hit upload and eat my dinner.