Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration at Bayonet & Black Horse Golf Course
1 McClure Way, Seaside, (831) 899-7271, bayonetblackhorse.com
Car Week events at Pebble Beach Golf Links or Del Monte Golf Course are impressive eye candy. But for its exuberance, accessibility and fellowship, Seaside’s resurrection of a big community fireworks show last year, above the beautiful Bayonet & Black Horse, with Monterey Bay twinkling in the background, was unforgettable. Kids playing in sand traps. Picnics on blankets. Families roaming past rolling fairways and shapely trees. The carnival, the music, the lights. And the fireworks? Awe-inspiring. Apparently there weren’t enough port-a-potties to comfortably meet capacity, but that is testament to the demand for such an event. It deserves to become a tradition.