It's a Festival!

of lights that is. We went out into the cold tonight to partake in the annual Festival of Lights Parade. Every year, the local folk take on the very serious task of making huge sculptures of light, which they haul up on top of a hill for everyone to see. It is kind of a standing museum of lights that you can later drive through. The spectacle can be seen from miles away. The roads closed at 5:15, so we arrived around 5 and waited. And waited. Finally, the parade made our way around 6:30. There was a Pizza Hut nearby, so we walked over and grabbed some grub. We parked in a funeral home lot and watched the parade from there. There are only pics from the first half, though. We thought the parade was done, so we went to the car. Well, after Mom started defrosting her toes and Zach fell asleep, we realized there was more lights upon the horizon. So Dad and I went out to see the rest while Mom stayed in the car, missing the Starship Enterprise, the Star Wars and the Santa float. Yup, that's right. Santa trekked all the way down to our neck of the woods to wish us all a Merry Christmas from atop his extravagantly lit, reindeer float. I had a GREAT time and really loved the dino floats the best, of course. Zach was happy too, even if he was a bit too bundled up for the event. Here are a few of the floats we were able to capture in their electric beauty. Enjoy!