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Problem is, everyone's got the same idea.
I've lived long enough not to be too enthusiastic about squeezing myself into the crowd at the Mall to watch the pyrotechnics, so this time, I tagged along with a pal in the military to park my camera and tripod at Bolling Air Force Base, with it's distant but still magnificent view of the Monument from across the Potomac River. The show started right on schedule. The smoke from the fireworks blew straight towards us and stayed there, like smog, lingering undecided about where to go next, right in the middle of our line of view. Them's the breaks. Talk about a perfect example of something you just have absolutely no control over.