I had read when I was purchasing the lantern festival tickets that the zoo animals would not be around for viewing. I guess we were at the zoo early enough to catch a few of the animals who hadn't settled down for the night yet (our tickets were for 5:30pm)...
Then we headed toward the next section which was a mix of animals, nature and mythical.
Angel wings...
I think this is a good place to pause. More the third section of the festival is next...
The last time Doug, Bri and I went to a lantern festival was in January of 2020 (it was hosted in Atlanta) - right before the pandemic hit. At that time, we had no idea how much the world would change in just a few months!
Chinese drum...
Terra-Cotta Warriors...
Chinese Zodiac (the girls are Year of the Dog)...
We then headed toward the marine/aquatic section of the festival...
Part 2 of the festival is next...
Briana and Meredith have known each other since the first grade, and somehow in all those years, they had never been on a trip together! With their senior year wrapping up in a few months, I decided it was finally time for them to take a short overnight trip with each other (and me and Doug!).
The elevators and stairway are really cool...
Ceiling of one of the elevators...
View from the room...
Just wanted to pop on here on January 1st and say "Happy New Year!" We had a quiet night at home (except for our neighbors setting of very loud fireworks for over an hour).
I've spent most of my January 1st putting away my Christmas decorations - and I'm still not done. Hope to get it all done in the next day or two.
I hope you all had a great first day of the year! Let's see what 2024 brings!
