Monday, July 04, 2011

Independence In The Town Of The Big House


I didn't take this photo and although the photographer thinks the fireworks at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore are lame, he took some pretty great photos, which is why I'm using his instead of mine to illustrate this post.

We spent this July fourth in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, with a great spot, waterside. Ed bought a portable barbeque grill (grrr....arrrggghhhh...manly man....grill master!) and purchased kabobs, shitake peppercorn burgers and fresh local corn on the cob. My only contribution to the meal were canned baked beans and the paper plates to put everything on.

He cooked beside the truck while I prepared our dining area. We had a clear view of the waterfront from our dining room table, but sat up front in the cab of the truck when the show started. We thought we found a "secret" spot in the industrial area of the waterfront; thought we'd blend more in that kind of area with our truck, but it seems many others had also discovered the strip of land and we were joined by several others watching the show. We were the only ones in a big rig though.

This last trip back from Washington was great, as I saw several fireworks shows along the way. I usually drive at night, so I saw three pretty big shows in Missoula, Montana; Bismarck, North Dakota; and Beloit, Wisconsin, and several little ones in between. And we made it back to Baltimore in time to deliver our trailer and make it to the harbor without getting stuck in traffic. Miracle.

Hope everyone had a great fourth and got to see the sky light up like we did!



~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
1 YEAR AGO:
It’s So Much Prettier
2 YEARS AGO:
Soap Box Derby – Spavinaw Style
3 YEARS AGO:
Eddie’s Independence Friday
4 YEARS AGO:
Miss Independent
5 YEARS AGO:
Independence Day
6 YEARS AGO:
The Mother Road To Independence

2 comments:

BaliMoz said...

Lame fireworks but beautiful

all things bradbury said...

one of the best july 4th weekends was several years ago, coming out of portland, or. along the columbia and all the town's were putting off their fireworks over the river.....awesome!...we were home this year and went to the concert in the park and the fireworks...pretty nice!....