July 4th in Peoria

We usually sit on the dock at the marina and watch the fireworks from there, but last night we ventured to downtown Peoria to take in the riverfront activities. Listened to a favorite band and enjoyed dinner at Old Chicago ... finished up just in time to walk out and see the fireworks. Nice display, very beautiful ... but then it took an hour to get out of traffic! Oh well, it's once a year, right? :-)

Cell phone camera to the rescue again! We were up on a deck outside the restaurant and could look right down on the barge on the river that was launching the fireworks. Great spot! I heard there were 200,000 people on the riverfront last night and I think we were behind them all driving home!