Friday night is the beginning of the Heartland Cruise festivities. This year the Springfield Jaycees decided that a lower arial display would be safer and thus may have changed our plans to watch the display from the parking garage roof but no matter we are downtown and can walk the 2 blocks necessary to be right in the center of the action. Springfield will be hopping with an ice cream social, family events, bands and food for this annual 4th of July celebration. We will get to meet, greet and hang out together in person! Of course our friends across the country will get play by play pictures of the festivities and may decide that next year....they are coming to Springfield!