We went to the Eagle River Nature Center for their Lantern Walk and Solstice Celebration. The girls and I spent a long time today making lanterns from a 1/2 gallon milk carton, an empty oatmeal container, and a Pringles can. I didn't get any good photos because kids move - a lot. You can kind of see Arlie carrying hers in the last photo. One of my resolutions in 2015 will be improving my photography game, mostly focusing on dark and winter photography!
I somehow managed to capture some of the places nearly empty but there were hundreds of other solstice celebrators there with us. First we followed the Sun Queen down the latern-lit trail to a large bonfire. We warmed up there and watched the sparks fly high into the sky. After we got warmed up we walked along another trail to a yurt. Everyone had to park their lanterns outside before we could go in to share and eat some goodies (I brought Lavender Lemonade Biscotti made with Lavender Hill flowers).
We walked back when the girls got cold (it was 10 degrees). The lanterns we made lasted just long enough to get back to the car which was perfect.
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