The journey from fat to fit. Road trip, woo hoo!

This was the best 4th ever.  DH, DD9 and I rode our bikes down to the river to watch the fireworks.  There is a huge fireworks display that caps off an all day festival at Ft. Vancouver.  It’s a really big deal… and it’s about a mile and a half from my house!  When we first moved into our neighborhood we could watch the fireworks nicely from our yard, but over the last 10 years trees have grown and now we can only catch glimpses.

 I was worried about DD9 riding her bike home in the dark, even though she’d be with DH and I.  And the fireworks didn’t start until after 10 pm, so I was also worried about her being tired etc.  So early in the afternoon DH and I drove down to the river front park and parked my SUV.  We left folding chairs and blankets in the car.  Figured we would bike down for the fireworks, then he could throw his bike and DD9’s bike into the SUV and I could bike home.

At 7:30 pm we headed down to our very lovely city park, which is about 1/2 a mile from the fort, and had dinner at the park.  There were bands and food vendors and a nice festival atmosphere.   Then we biked down to the river and scoped out a good place to catch the fireworks, biked back to the car for our blankets, then went to the river front and got cozy.  The fireworks are detonated on a barge in the middle of the river, and we were on the banks of the river looking at the barge, so we had an awesome view of the almost 30-minute fireworks display.

When it was over, of course it was mass chaos trying to get out of there.  DD9 was in hyper spaz mode and came close to mowing down I don’t know how many pedestrians.  Bad enough that we finally had to walk the bikes to the car.  When we got to the car, the traffic was just absolutely not moving.  By this time it’s after 11 pm, we’re a mile from home, so we decided to bike home in the dark, let the traffic die down and go back for the car later.  So next year we know (1) DD9 can manage the ride home in the dark and even if she’s tired and (2) bringing a car is a baaaaad idea.

So all in all, a fabulous family night, something we haven’t had for a long time and something that we really needed.

Nitey nite : )