The lights were bright and plentiful.

December 8, 2011 – James Island County Park in Charleston hosts the Charleston Festival of Lights; it runs from now through the first of the year, but gets progressively more crowded as we get closer to the holidays (and probably on any weekend night). We went on a Thursday (Dec 08) and while there was a bit of a line to get in, it wasn’t a long wait (no more than a few minutes). Plus there are lights to look at on your way in. We did the three mile drive, and parked at Lot B to walk through the Enchanted Forest on our way to get hot cocoa (tasted just ok, but was nice and warm!), a funnel cake with cinnamon and powdered sugar (excellent), and a stick with three jumbo marshmallows on it to roast. Louisa was able to get the marshmallows hot, but Tony roasted the last marshmallow perfectly. Now we know who the dedicated s’mores maker is going to be.

Hope everyone has a Happy New Year!

Our favorite lights were the poinsettias with flickering candles, an owl, a display synchronized to music (including 80s pop ballads and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra), and a random spider in the woods. This one was just funny since we’d previously driven by Little Miss Moffet and the spider… and here was the spider by itself.