Happy Independence Day 2017!

This year I had to make a plan, how to shoot the July 3rd fireworks and get to work on time. I like to arrive at work at least 15 minutes before my 11:00 pm shift. The problem is the Gloucester Fishtown Horribles Parade. The parade starts at 6:00 pm and it loops around from  GHS back through town and back to GHS approx at 8:15 pm. Needless to say the downtown area is in gridlock status. I need to find a place to park that affords me an easy exit to get back home to E. Gloucester to get ready for work. After a few tense moments stuck in traffic I found a few short cuts and found a parking spot close enough to the Boulevard but far enough to avoid the exit traffic. I arrived on the Boulevard 15 minutes before the 9:30 pm start, perfect! Once the fireworks were over a ten minute walk to my truck and I breezed home. However, leaving E. Gloucester for work, E. Main St. was gridlocked from all the people who viewed the fireworks across the harbor! Another short cut up and around and down Brightside Ave and some traffic on the West End of Rogers Street, I made it to work 15 minutes early!