BOOM! by the Lake

Yesterday was perhaps the last Fourth of July that I will spend in the United State.  So, I decided to go see the fireworks last night in the neighboring city of Berea.  I walked there since it's only a half hour away, and parking in the area is impossible.

The Fourth of July celebration in Berea is called the "Grindstone Festival", a reference to the city's legacy as a center for the quarrying of sandstone and the production of grindstones in the 19th century.

The festival is held on the shore of Coe Lake which was once a sandstone quarry.  

A stage was set up and live music was playing.

I went to look for a good spot to watch the fireworks.  Even though it was still an hour before the pyrotechnics started, the area was already crowded.  I managed to find a spot along the pedestrian bridge that extends into the lake.

To the left you can see the fountain in the lake.

The fireworks began at 10:00 P.M.  They were quite impressive.  Sometimes in the past, they would shoot off a single rocket, and then you would wait several seconds for another single rocket.  This year there was an almost constant barrage of fireworks.  Here are a few videos of the show.