Ward and I had a fun evening this week when we visited Carroll Creek Linear Park. We discovered the park last summer, and we enjoyed walking along its central canal which was lined with beautiful flowers and walkways. This time we we walked at night and saw boats instead of flowers. To bring traffic to the area during the winter, the park sponsors model boat displays mid November through mid February, titled Sailing Through the Winter Solstice. The canal was lined with model boats that we all lit up making a very festive sight. The event is a fund raiser for local charities with money being raised by $1/vote for your favorite boat. Even though this is the fifth year for the event, this first time we had heard of it. We plan to put it on our calendar for next year. Below are pictures of some of the boats we saw.
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| This was a model of the Snallygaster, a 1/2 reptile and 1/2 bird creature of local legend. |
You have many interesting things to see where you live. That looks fun. Your camera did well with taking night pictures!
ReplyDeleteI have been pretty happy with the "safe" things we have found to do for these last 10 months. This one I heard about on FB.
DeleteI was pleased with how the camera did in the dark. Sometimes lights in the dark just looks like fuzzy specks when it's dark outside. I think there was light from the street lights that helped.
The weather wasn't too cold and we only saw a couple of other people. The wind was low so water was very still. Therefore, there was an almost perfect reflection in the water of the lights. A good evening on all accounts.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun event! I like how you take the opportunity to participate in the various community events that are being held in your community. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat was not to like about this event? It was pretty, for charity, and free. While we are definitely homebodies, we do like to get out then and again.
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