Images by Charles Hix, 4th of July Return to Home page Return to "Holidays" page

During a visit to Florida’s Gulf coast over the 4th of July Holiday, we settled down on the beach to watch the local city’s show. Much to our surprise, the show that the local residents put on far impressed us more than anything we could anticipate. We were hoping to get some good reflective shots of fireworks over the water. We had set our selves down in the middle of a glorious fireworks show that extended as far as we could see up and down the beach. Residents along the beach were determined to outdo each other. For hours projectiles fire off and debris rained down on everyone. The Gulf Coast certainly knows how to celebrate the 4th!