Finally the rains have stopped, and the high winds have died down (been quite breezy the last couple of days here) and Patty and I got out in the car to check out some of the holiday sights and lights. We drove around quite a bit in some of the local neighborhoods, and got some coffee for some exploring. One of our stops was what was formerly known as "Cannon Village" but is now (mostly) some offices of the NC Research Center. While they have toned down the Christmas decorations I still enjoy the trees there, and its a nice place to drive around this time of year.
Went by Village Park, which is quite the light display. It is located in Kannapolis, and has a number of really nice light displays. There is a small train which takes you around to see the lights, or you can walk along the trail. Seeing as it was pretty cold out tonight, and the line for the train was pretty huge, we opted for the trail. There are lots of other things to see there as well, for instance they had these talking and singing bears, which also moved and played instruments, which we thought was pretty cool. There were a lot of things to see in Village Park besides the many lights.
Lights however were a big part of the reason for going. They had lights as seen at left, light displays, moving light displays - all kinds of cool stuff to see. We did the train ride last year and even that is pretty cool. A nice event in a nice place, and made for a really good evening.
After Village Park we drove down Union Street, seeing some favorite houses. Still have not made it to the big light displays at either McAdenville, NC or Charlotte Motor Speedway, but hoping to get those in this year if possible. Always really neat (both of them) but also amazingly crowded with traffic.
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