The Winter Blast is promoted as four nights of fireworks which is true but there’s a lot of downtime waiting for random fireworks during the open shooting times. Public displays take place for an hour on Friday and Saturday. Saturday’s display was spectacular, Fridays was just okay. We decided to stay at the rodeo grounds RV parking area for simplicity and a good view. Five nights of dry camping cost $100.00 with a price raise next year to $150.00. We also bought tickets for the fund raiser barbecue.
We’re glad that we attended but next time we’ll boondock on BLM land then come in for Saturday’s show only. Parking in a gravel lot where we can look into our neighbor’s window (although the spaces are very roomy) and hear generators all day is not our style. We’ll also skip the barbecue which was the worst barbecue we’ve ever had – very salty chicken, soggy garlic bread, bland beans and iceberg lettuce salad.
The ground is hard packed. Rolling around in a wheelchair is fairly easy on each parking level but there are four levels and the access road is loose gravel and steep so getting to other levels is very difficult. There aren’t any special accessible spots. K-1 is good both for viewing the fireworks and getting to the paved road to use the ADA compliant ramp to the barbecue and beer stands. Spots are assigned ahead of time but it may be possible to get a specific spot if you call and explain your need for accessibility. Blast
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Great shots of the firework, I never could get it right with my camera.
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Thanks! This is the first time that it worked for me. It's a new camera and the fireworks setting is pretty good. I did throw a lot of bad pictures away though. :-D
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