And did it ever. I hope everyone had a Happy 4th of July. Mine was a bit... damp. Of course city celebrations of this great holiday started early afternoon, around 3p. Upon time for the great fireworks show, 5th largest in the nation supposedly, of course the downpours fell out of what had been looming clouds all afternoon. As the storms and the rain were off and on again and again for the few hours we were enjoying dinner and company, they powers that be decided that they were going to shoot the fireworks anyway. Just a little earlier than planned. This was good news for us, not so good for the people who had been down there at the River Front all afternoon. Because in order to see the show, they sat in it. And got soaked. I do mean soaked.
The smart ones in my group had discovered the perfect tailgating spot on the second to top level of a nearby hospital parking garage that had a direct view of the skyline. It was in fact, beautiful. I turned on my favorite local radio station that was covering the big events on full blast so that everyone else who had discovered out little hideaway could listen to the Symphony Orchestra play along to this beautiful fireworks extravaganza. About 1/2 way through, however, it began to rain so hard that we couldn't even see the skyline anymore. All we could see were lights in the distance where the fireworks were still shining brightly. While we couldn't see the entirety of the show, we mostly stayed dry and could still hear the symphony. Until the storm knocked out the live feed for the radio station. In which case, we simply started singing Lee Greenwood at the tops of our lungs... mind you, we had been tailgating for a little over an hour at this point. At least by the time of this occurrence... no more live feed... the rain had let up so that we could actually see the show again. I suppose we had to pick-- full show or full music. Either/or. It was a fun night though. Definitely a 4th of July I'll remember. My first in the city. It was crazy. Unreal. But so fun. So fun.
