Monday, July 6, 2009

Bowie Fireworks

This year, family and friends saw the Bowie Fourth of July fireworks a couple miles away from Allen Pond - at the Maryland Science & Tech Center. There were maybe 100 or so other people there as well. No traffic jams getting in or out, but we missed the Allen Pond festivities.

This picture gives a sense of the distance.



I zoomed in for the other shots.










This parking lot was our viewing area. This is one of two office buildings that opened up at the Tech Center in 2008.

4 comments:

  1. Your colors came out nice! That is probably one of the ones I saw as I was driving home on Route 50 on Saturday.

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  2. Cyndy, I'm sure you did see these. We were on one side of Route 50, and the fireworks were on the other.

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  3. I may have to remember this for next year, that is unless the Baysox have a July 4th game

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  4. Dickster, it was OK for a remote location. Although I prefer to be up closer to hear the booms, the experience has changed since I was a kid. Rather than hearing the usual "ooooooos" and "aaaaaaahhhhhs" at Allen Pond, people talk through the fireworks like they are at a backyard barbecue. Plus everyone holds up their cell phones to take pictures.

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