Swan Lake Park Christmas Lights

The day after Christmas just before 5 PM we drove over to Swan Lake Park to see the Christmas lights.  They were stunning!  Truly amazing.  Thousands of them, in so many configurations.

We drove through the park with me pointing my camera out the car window for video-taping but got to the end of the park and saw that there were so many more of the lights to see.  Dear One drove us out of the park (there were cars behind us) and finally found a place where we could turn around and return.  Despite the fact that we went back in the Exit Only entrance (which we did not notice until we were committed...) we found a place to park so we could walk around where we both took pictures.  By the time we were done half an hour later, the cars were coming in a never-ending parade.  It is really popular, and for good cause!

This Swan Lake manger scene was really sweet. It was more or less in the middle of a large open area.  Families walked right up to it, as you can see on the right.

Santa and his rein-swans in the air above the Seven Dwarfs. 

There were so many separate light "figures".  So many of them we more or less recognized but could not put names to until a kind little boy told us:  Teenage Ninja Turtles, Sponge Bob, Spider Man, and SO MANY OTHERS!!! This little boy kept naming figure after figure until his mom told him to stop.  I was enthralled. Next year we may have to take pictures of each of them to share....Well, maybe not, but they are so impressive.

 These fish, and the green and orange dragon were eye-catching.  The blue lights were really so fabulous everywhere they existed.

At the edge of the woods were these nifty swans and flowers.

One thing we did not get a picture of because it was too dark by then, was the actual giant white swans gliding around on the lake, their necks curved in picture-perfect condition.  I had seen them when I was driving by on the way to Alice Drive several times but never stopped to snap a shot.