Catholic University Closes Out the Academic Year with Fireworks

Here's the gran finale of the Catholic University end of the year fireworks. What's funny about this is I was thinking about this earlier in the evening when I was out for a walk. I wondered if I'd missed it. Turns out I didn't. This is the view from my back bedroom window.

July 4th Fireworks from the National Mall

This is always such a treat to go to every year. The grand finale was fantastic!

Post Game Fireworks

Video of July 4, 2015 Fireworks

This took me a little while to get together. I had some problems with iMovie (more on that later). But this gives you an idea of what it is like to be on the Mall on July 4th. I have one more video where I used the slo-mo function on the camera. I'll post that in the next day or so.

Fireworks Part II

Even More Fireworks

I really like these because of the way they slowly descend toward the ground.

Fireworks After the Game

I am a sucker for fireworks. Here are a few pictures from the ones after the game. And a video of the grande finale.

Fireworks from Southwest Waterfront Fireworks Festival

I love fireworks and will go and see them as often as possible.

The fireworks at Southwest Waterfront Fireworks Festival are as the name implied down by the water. They are actually shot off from a barge in the river. This year the barge they were shot from was much closer to the water front walk so I got some great pictures and video. Most important of all I got to feel the firework's explosion right in my chest. And that's the way to see fireworks that you're so close you can feel them too.

Here's the video of the grand finale.

A Great Four Day 4th of July Weekend

There is of course the wonderful fireworks. Actually there were two set of fireworks. The big one on July 4th and the one the night before after the Nats game (the game itself was less than memorable).

There were two baseball games. For a change I got to actually see the Nationals win a game. They came close to snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. But they didn’t for a change.

It was very strange to be heading out for a baseball game a little after 9 in the morning. The reason of course was to get the game over with before the crowds starting coming in for the concert and the fireworks. I wondered if the two beer garden like places near the park would be open that early. Well they were not only open but people were already drinking. I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised but I was.

The game was very exciting too. The final 8-5 for the Nats. They were ahead 5-2 until the 7th inning when Brewers scored three runs two of them off home runs. The fans were a little deflated after that. But in the bottom of the 7th Wilson Ramos came up and with two men on hit a home run. This was his first game back from the injury he suffered. His at bats accounted for five of the eight runs. After the home run, the fans kept clapping and clapping until he came out for his curtain call. It was a great way for him to be back in the lineup. It was long game but Nats fans went home happy.

The American flag at Nationals Park.

I went back home and rested and had dinner. Then around 8:15 or so headed out for the fireworks. Amazing as always. See earlier posts for video and pictures.

Friday dawned hot again and very humid. It seems that’s are pattern these days (but at least not as hot as last year when temps were around the century mark). Friday I met up with Stu and saw Dispicable Me 2 at Gallery Place. We liked the movie but thought it had a few too many plot lines especially for a kids movie. The theater was pretty crowded for the show we went to. It was rather funny to see groups of people show up about five minute before the show started and be surprised they couldn’t sit together. They went hunting for seats. In fact seat hunting kept going for awhile since some people arrived after the previews had started.

Then we went across the street to Legal Seafood and had a great dinner. I’d gotten a gift certificate from my brother last year for my birthday and we used that.

Our wonderful food from Legal Sea Food

It was great

Saturday I went to a cook out. This was a last minute invite from someone I’d know in college. We’ve seen each other a couple of times over the past few years. My friend Mark was invited too. So Saturday afternoon I drove over to Mark’s and then we hopped in his car and off we went. I had a really great time. The food was fantastic and the conversation was too. Very fun indeed.

Sunday it was lunch with Tom. A tour of one of the new apartment buildings that opened up in his area and then some fun conversation.

In between all these events I watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows 2 like four times. Well at least parts of it. It was on HBO and I get HBO for free with my new Xfinity service. Then last evening I got out the book and reread the last 75 pages or so.

And that was my very busy four day weekend.

More from the July 4th Fireworks on the Mall

The fireworks are shot off just about at Constitution and 17th Street. Most of the time I watch them around the Smithsonian Castle. This year I decided to get up close and personal. I left my house about an hour before they were to go off. I got off at Metro Center and slowly made my way down to 17th Street. Here are some more pictures.

Fireworks on July 4th

I am a huge fan of fireworks. I went down to the display on the National Mall last night. I like to get very close so I can feel the explosion from the fireworks in my chest.

Here's some video from last night more will be coming along with pictures in later posts today.

Fireworks at Nationals Park

After the win there were fireworks. Pretty spectacular.

More fireworks

Fireworks are always great. These were no exception. Sorry about the rope in the picture but it holds up the netting around home plate.