4th July celebrations

Last night we went downtown to see the firework celebrations for the 4th of July. The fireworks were scheduled to start at 9:30pm but it get busy so we headed out at 6:30 to beat the traffic. That was the plan however we queued for about 30 minutes to get into the car park and they shut traffic getting into the place several times before we managed to get in.

Shot across the Intracostal waterway, this has to be the best place to see the fireworks from...next year, next year.

Waiting in anticipation

Ooooh

Fascinated

Aaahh

Anyway the fireworks were great and we headed back to the carpark and that's where the trouble began....It was TOTAL gridlock and we moved exactly 3 car widths (this was accurately measured by the parking spaces we passed) in 45 minutes! The police were supposed to be organising/directing the traffic having "refined their traffic management policy over several years". Trust me a blind man would have done a better job. Add on to this the Beast is a little thirsty and being stuck in traffic does nothing for improving the fuel economy. Eventually we got out onto the main road and limped into a gas station with the onboard computer saying that I had enough gas for 3 more miles. Not sure how accurate this is especially as it said this when we weren't even moving.

Not sure what the plan is for today but I should be off diving tomorrow