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Last night I took my daughters to see their second fireworks display in less than a week. Since we usually are traveling over Independence Day, we haven't been able take the girls to see the fireworks on the National Mall, but this year we were home, so I decided to give it a go.
We spend the afternoon at my MIL's, having lunch and relaxing, and as we headed back to the city, we were clearly just ahead of a nasty patch of storms. The tornado warnings were posted for places we had just passed through as we made our way along. Luckily, the storms moved through quickly, without any major damage (at least I haven't heard any reports of any), and by the time we dropped my wife off at work and headed to the Metro station to catch a train, the sun was trying to peak through the clouds.
We got off the train at the Arlington Cemetery station, and walked towards the river. We found a spot on the grass, just to the north of Memorial Bridge, on a gentle slope down to the river. We had a fine view of the Lincoln Memorial across the river, and the Washington Monument poked up above the bridge. I set up my tripod and camera, and got set to take pictures.
The fireworks started right on time at 9:10pm, and continued for a full twenty minutes. I shot over 120 pictures, a few of which are available on my Flickr account. The girls were thrilled by the size of the explosions (after I pointed out how much bigger than the Washington Monument they were), the length of the display, and by the shaped displays (the younger daughter loved the heart shapes!). I was expecting to be crammed into the train for the ride home, but was pleasantly surprised to find the trains relatively uncrowded. Both girls have clearly expressed a desire to do this again.
We spend the afternoon at my MIL's, having lunch and relaxing, and as we headed back to the city, we were clearly just ahead of a nasty patch of storms. The tornado warnings were posted for places we had just passed through as we made our way along. Luckily, the storms moved through quickly, without any major damage (at least I haven't heard any reports of any), and by the time we dropped my wife off at work and headed to the Metro station to catch a train, the sun was trying to peak through the clouds.
We got off the train at the Arlington Cemetery station, and walked towards the river. We found a spot on the grass, just to the north of Memorial Bridge, on a gentle slope down to the river. We had a fine view of the Lincoln Memorial across the river, and the Washington Monument poked up above the bridge. I set up my tripod and camera, and got set to take pictures.
The fireworks started right on time at 9:10pm, and continued for a full twenty minutes. I shot over 120 pictures, a few of which are available on my Flickr account. The girls were thrilled by the size of the explosions (after I pointed out how much bigger than the Washington Monument they were), the length of the display, and by the shaped displays (the younger daughter loved the heart shapes!). I was expecting to be crammed into the train for the ride home, but was pleasantly surprised to find the trains relatively uncrowded. Both girls have clearly expressed a desire to do this again.
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Date: 2007-07-05 03:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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