National Cherry Festival, Traverse City, Michigan

Our family Fourth of July celebration included a visit to the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City.
The day was pleasantly warm and the place crowded but not unpleasantly so in either case.
The kids got to ride the Dizzy Dragon....
...and the Ferris wheel....
...and carousel, too.
A few of the grown ups indulged in Funnel Cakes, and the kids devoured big Sno Cones (I take no pleasure in the spelling).

As dark descended, we pulled out the sparklers.

And we enjoyed most of the thirty minute fireworks show before heading to our cars for the drive home.
Oh, and I almost forgot: we ate cherries, too.