WOW -- they really know how to do up the 4th of July here in Ft Pierce. Fortunately for me the marina park is the center of the celebration. I can just walk there.
They set up a stage with a big band doing all kinds of music -- Jimmy Dorsett to Amy Winehouse.
The local power company came and set up a HUGE snorkle truck and flew one of the largest American Flags I have ever seen. You couldn't feel more proud being an American with that waving in the Palm trees.
I celebrated by putting up my festival flags to dress ship. Surprisingly I was the only boat decorated in the marina. It looked GREAT
They had all the street food vendors from the Farmer's market here too. The crowds just built all day with probably more than thousand here at night for the Fireworks.
The fireworks were very good but not GREAT. There was a distraction... a drone was flying above the fire works with flashing red and green lights. I'm sure he got some great video but we all waited to see if one of the fireworks would knock it down -- I know morbid. He did fine took a lot of video then came down to change batteries for the grand finale.
Sitting on the boat I had a great seat and very comfortable.
The plan is to leave here probably on Sunday to head North to New Bern. Jill and Wayne from Born to Cruise should arrive here on Saturday then it's off to the races. And it is a race a !#$%& tropical something may be threatening us by the mid to late next week. Hopefully we can run 2 days offshore to make Charleston ahead of that event which may not occur at all. Let's hope.
There are hundreds of pigeons here and they are well feed an smart. Look at these that are sitting on a dolphin fountain patiently waiting their turn for a drink.
Enjoy my pics today from the celebration.
