Wednesday fireworks

During the day Wednesday, we took a walk around the campground...

We saw some sandhill cranes at a campsite just behind where we are parked...

They had been making their distinctive sound and raising their wings but seemed to relax as Carl took their pictures!

We headed up to the entrance gate at noon to see the parade of RVs entering - there they come!

There did not appear to be a lot entering on Wednesday...

... we had figured that somewhere near 25-30 rigs could fit onto the 1/2 mile entry driveway. On Wednesday, about 15 entered and then there was a gap - so we guessed that there were not as many new entries as have been on some other days.

We have heard the booms of the Disney fireworks a few nights, and went out to look at them a few nights ago but found that they were hidden by the trees behind our rig. While we were on our walk earlier on Wednesday, someone else in the campground suggested that the viewing area near the lake at the east side of the campground was a better vantage point. So on Wednesday evening, we decided to ride our bikes down to the lake at about 8pm to see what we could see!

The fireworks were not high in the sky...

... but at least they were clearing the trees on the far side of the lake.

The reflection in the lake was nice...

We tried several different camera settings, and none of them seemed ideal, but we enjoyed seeing the fireworks anyway.

We have acquired headlamps for our bikes which worked well lighting our way while biking down to the lake. They also make us more visible even during daylight hours, as they have a blink option which we use if we are out on roads or trails in the daytime. We were particularly glad to have them when biking at night as the headlamps that came with the bikes are not very helpful.