We were pretty excited to be celebrating Independence Day in DC; there was so much hype about it even before we moved out here. We have been planning how and where we'd watch the fireworks. We knew there would be lots of people... I mean something in the millions... and most likely very humid and hot. Since the fireworks start at 9 pm, baby SJ's sleeping time, we decided watching fireworks from our car across the river would be the best; so when it gets hot, we can turn the AC on and baby can sleep in the car seat. When we drove through Virginia to DC, the traffic was ridiculous. The cars weren't even moving, they looked parked. We gave up on trying to get into to DC and pulled off to a park next to the highway to watch the fireworks, but we couldn't find any where to park. So, we just pulled into a random parking lot by the highway ramp and walked up onto the highway and watched the fireworks standing in the middle of the highway... I know.. you read it right... - but we could not go too far from the car since baby SJ would get hot and tired and we weren't the only ones.
Well... watching fireworks from across the river wasn't the same. Before the firework ended, we quickly came home and saw the rest on TV. It was so beautiful. They had amazing fireworks all along the Potomac river. Maybe we will try next year when baby SJ is a little older.
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