Blunder over Louisville....

 

Call me a spoil sport, party pooper , grouch or whatever but I won't be going to "Blunder over Louisville" this year and HT's "Blunder" days may be over for ever. As you get older your tolerance for standing elbow to elbow and fighting 100 million people for a prime spot to view 30 minutes of fireworks diminishes greatly. Don't get me wrong when "Blunder" first came I was right in the middle of it stalking prime real estate on the riverbank for the big show, and it is something to see at least once.

    In the early days there was plenty of prime viewing areas in Jeff, close to the bridges. As time has passed commercialism, businesses and government have conspired to make "Blunder" another way of relieving you of your hard earned money. Initially on the Jeffersonville side you could enjoy the fire works by spreading a blanket on the riverbank. Until the powers to be donated the land to restaurantuers who have managed to squeeze about 15 restaurants into  the space of 3. Now you have to pay a premium price  for those once free prime viewing spots. You can pay the big bucks for a seat inside  at one of the riverside eateries or you can pay a smaller price to be herded like cattle into a fenced area around Kingfish and sit in a tent. If you're really adventurous and a glutton for punishment you can sit in traffic for a couple, three hours each way and head over to the big lawn in Louisville where for the mere price of a Pegasus Pin you get the privilege of sitting or standing with another 100 million people. Added bonus this year be prepared for possible gang activity....Priceless

    Yeah HT will be avoiding the whole area this year with added construction of the new bridge it should be a real mess down there. I will check out the air show from my backyard, they haven't figured a way of charging you to look up in the air yet, and though I can see a distant sight of "Blunder" from my back yard, I won't bother...I've seen enough over the years. I won't even miss the the artery clogging, heart attack wagons that deep fry everything from a twinkies to cauliflower while taking up more viewing space. I'll wake up Sunday morning having missed the whole experience but then again I haven't missed a thing....