South Bay in LA: A Revolution in Carson On The Fourth Of July 2008

This Fourth of July was one of those, "what do you want to do holidays?"

There are many choices of ways to celebrate the Fourth Of July in the South Bay in LA.

First a yearly tradition in the morning is the Iron Man in Hermosa Beach. It is on July 4th in the morning. It starts off as a 1 mile run in the sand, followed by a 1 mile surfboard paddle then you must chug a six pack of beer without puking. Boy doesn't that sound like a blast? Well it's not for me but you would be amazed how many people show up and do it.

If that is not your thing there is theVILLAGE RUNNER 4TH OF JULY 5K RUN in Redondo Beach.

No matter where you go the beaches are packed.

There was also the USS Gary at the Port Of Los Angeles for the Navy Days LA 2008 offering free tours of the ship.

In the Beach Cities fireworks are not allowed and the police do come looking when they go off. So you have to head to either another surrounding city where fireworks are allowed like in Hawthorne or Lawndale or go to a firework show.

There seems to be firework shows everywhere. At El Segundo they have a yearly show, Redondo Beach has a show off of the pier and a party with bands and food at Seaside Lagoon which I did last year and it was a lot of fun.

Lawndale's High School, Wilson Park in Torrance and San Pedro all have great firework celebrations.

We decided (surprise, surprise) to head the the Home Depot Center in Carson. The LA Galaxy was playing the New England Revolution. It was a great game and Beckham's goal was a highlight in the evening but as I said in my title it was a Revolution and the Galaxy lost.

After the game we found seats on the patio at the American Express Club to watch the firework show. Actually, it was very impressive and this is coming from someone that worked at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim for 17 years and watched fireworks nightly in the summer.

After the firework show the players were milling about having a good time before heading home.

If you haven't been to the Home Depot Center yet you don't know what you are missing...check it out it is a lot of fun.