thunder over lousiville

beth & i went to louisville this weekend to visit dan & malissa - and to see thunder over louisville. we drove down saturday morning, had lunch at bluegrass brewing company, and chilled out at the apartment for awhile before heading into the chaos.

in reality, thunder over louisville is an amazing work of controlled chaos. the official thunder web site says at least 700,000 people attended this year. 700,000 people at a free event along the river with massive amounts of pyrotechnics. yet, the majority of the people are incredibly friendly, polite and conscious of everyone else around them. amazing.




the walk to the river.



the view of the crowd before the fireworks.



and one shot during the fireworks. i made a conscious effort this year to watch the fireworks, instead of just taking photos of them. sure, i still shot off 187 photos, but that's definitely less than years past. :)

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'becca wants to point out that it's neither a dead squirrel nor the otter in that photo - it's a red leaf that has curled & browned over the winter months.