My lack of posting yesterday was due to the late-night show at the waterfront. We got a pretty nice view of the fireworks after abandoning the Blues Festival, which was unbearably overcrowded. Keep in mind, and I'm sure it is no surprise, I consider almost every situation overcrowded when it comes to these kinds of events.
Maybe someone more familiar with bridges can tell me why at just after 9 pm on the Fourth of July, was the chosen time to raise and lower Hawthorne's draw bridge a few times, as though they were testing it? It is prime real estate for firework viewing, so imagine our surprise when we were told by the operator "the Hawthorne Bridge will be closed for firework viewing. All pedestrians must move to the sides of the bridge." Of course, these were hyper-inflated statements, since once they were finished doing whatever it was they were doing, we were all allowed to return.
What was almost equally as fun to watch as fireworks was all the police boats on the river telling all the boaters to move away from the barge. The only thing which may have tipped the enjoyment to the top tier would have been if they lights on the bridge's trusses could have been turned off. Obviously that can't happen though...All in all, since July 4 is my choice holiday, I had a good time and found it worth the exhaustion today. (Pictured is something I found while checking out the web. I don't know if it was from yesterday's display.)
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