2008 Bridgefest Fireworks

Tricia — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:02:14 +0000

The rain stayed away all day yesterday, and we ended up having a beautiful day in the Keweenaw. The Bridgefest activities were in full swing, but we ended up heading to the Eastern shore to check out a few places we haven’t been to yet (more about that later).

We did, however, make it to the fireworks display. We do not go down by the water because traffic gets really congested and with trying to take some pictures of the fireworks we wanted to find a place that wasn’t as busy.

In past years, we have set up viewing camp at the top of a poor rock pile on US 41. The last year we went there, they set off the fireworks too far down the canal for us to see them well from there. We had to find a new spot.

We ended up finding a nice spot near the old hospital in Hancock in a church parking lot. We couldn’t see the water because of the trees, but the fireworks shot up above the tree line. Besides us, there was only a few other people there. The paved parking lot was great for a tripod.

Most of my pictures didn’t come out quite right. I tried one setting and went with it throughout the show (I didn’t want to miss the action!). I did catch a few okay shots.

I will read up more on how to photograph fireworks so hopefully I can get some better pictures next time. I think a lot of it has to do with my timing since the pictures I took yesterday seemed to get better as the show went on.

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2008 Bridgefest Parade

Tricia — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:11:03 +0000

There is one event that I look forward to every summer…the Bridgefest parade. I just love parades. I love watching the bands and seeing the floats. I also love seeing my son so excited about the candy. Sometimes I feel like a kid all over again because I get so excited!

This year, the parade started in Houghton and headed towards Hancock. It is a very long parade for the participants, taking over a half an hour to get from Houghton, cross the bridge and make it to where we were sitting in Hancock near the bridge (our favorite spot to watch it).

The excitement starts when we see the leading police cars. As my son says, “I see it! I see it!!”

(Just a note, put your mouse over the pictures to see a description – it takes a second for it to appear and some pictures have a special note.)

No parade would be complete without some fire trucks…

…and the bands!

The parade seemed a little shorter this year, but there were still many participants. Here are some more of them:

We also had some unusual sites for the Keweenaw:

While the parade seemed shorter this year, it was still fun to see. Tonight at dusk the Portage will be lit up by the Bridgefest fireworks. There is a chance of rain so I hope the rain stays away like it did for the parade. We’ll take the camera and see how well we can photograph them ;-)

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