Happy Fourth of July Vancouver WA 2014 Style !!
Our kids are all grown now but our large family used to love to go to the Fort Vancouver park to wait for the evening's fireworks! We would lie out on our blanket all day and "people watch", listen to the bands, visit all the vendor booths and relax in the sun. (Once I painted my husband's toenails red while he took a nap. He was extremely unhappy about it but he survived.) It's a fun day and it's not stressful. We would haul in our home made fried chicken picnic, drink coolers, frisbees and whatever else we thought we needed for the day.
The Fourth of July Vancouver WA is a huge park, mostly on a gentle southern slope towards the Columbia River in the distance. It's located not too far from downtown Vancouver, WA. There's plenty of street parking and the walk is pretty easy. There are tons of booths of food for sale, lots of activities for the kids, different bands playing all day, an Adult Beverage Pavilion...etc.
There are great sponsors who are working diligently to support our fabulous Fourth of July Fireworks display so we can continue to enjoy the fun each year. Bank of America and Toyota are two of the main sponsors.
Things have changed since we used to bring our kids. Now they have to charge admission and a parking fee to support the mammoth fireworks display. Here is an excerpt from the Fort Vancouver Fourth of July webpage:
"PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS HERE!
GENERAL ADMISSION
$5 in advance or at any Clark Country Fred Meyer store
$7 at the gate
Kids ages 12 and under FREE!
PRIME VIEWINING ADMISSION
$50 adults 21 and over
$25 under 21
Kids ages 5 and under FREE!
Don't just see the fireworks - FEEL them from your front row seat! Prime Viewing tickets include an on-site parking pass*, a buffet dinner, an exclusive entertainment stage, access to an exclusive adult beverage pavilion and the very best unobstructed views of the fireworks launch site!
*PLEASE NOTE: Only 300 Prime Viewing parking passes will be available. Parking first-come, first-served. Overflow parking will be in the grass lot on 5th Street. For Prime Viewing tickets purchased June 30 - July 3, purchasers MUST pick-up the pases at the Howard House located at 750 Anderson St. Vancouver, WA 98661 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. NO PASSES will be available for tickets purchased after 5 p.m. on July 3. Parking passes have been mailed to the billing address of tickets purchased before June 30.
No parking passes are issued to Prime Viewing tickets purchased after 5 p.m. on July 3"
Happy Fourth of July Vancouver WA 2014!!
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