I never loved the Red Bank, NJ fireworks. The crowds were too big. You couldn't park anywhere. In recent years, I think there were even some issues with fights and general hooliganism. So I wasn't particularly sad when the announcement came earlier this year that the annual "Kaboom!" fireworks in Marine Park weren't going to happen.
Now, here it is July 3rd, and I'm sitting here thinking about the fact that I complained about them every year and still went. Every. Single. Year.
Oh, well. There are still plenty of options. While out on the bike today, I saw that preparations are well underway in Long Branch for Oceanfest, which concludes with a fireworks display. West Long Branch will set theirs off tomorrow, as usual, and that's always fun. It'll be interesting to see if the absence of Red Bank's (and Sea Bright's, too, I think) show drives more people to what's always been the more small-towny display in WLB.
Hope you were able to cut out of work early. Enjoy the holiday.
Be safe and rock on...
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