Living in the Scoot Utopia

Last night I went to see the annual Memorial Day Fireworks at Union Station/Liberty Memorial. It was the first time I went to the actual site to see them, before this year I'd always watched them from another building or hillside. Here's a couple of pictures, click on them to enlarge them:

On a side note, there were an estimated 35,000 people at this event. Attending was a last minute decision and I missed the last MAX that could get me there in time so I had to drive. I arrived 15 minutes before the fireworks started, parking in a lot only 2 blocks away that had plenty of open spaces. When it ended, though there was a lot of traffic, I didn't get stuck in any at all and was back home about 12 minutes after I got into the car. So though it's a dead horse, so much for all the naysayer claims that traffic in and out of the Truman Sports Complex is way easier and that Downtown's street grid can't handle a large volume of traffic.