Alaska day 1

Well, as I predicted we slept most of the day yesterday . . . again no spotting of the Aurora Borealis either.  Today we headed to the *2013 BP World Ice Art Championships* in Fairbanks.  WOW, these creations made of ice were amazing!  We went during the day, but I can imagine the colored lights shining on the ice sculptures would be amazing too!

These were just a few that actually turned out . . . they look small but they are massive and every detail is carved out of ice!  Colin wasn't so impressed, but we did take time to let him have some fun too.  His favorite was this . . .

. . . and of course since he is a boy he just had to do it this way too . . . I was amazed at how fast he would go!

It was the only time I let him go down head first!  We took a break and walked around some more admiring the sculptures.

We took time to play a little hockey too!

You know we don't see hockey that much in Texas.  Colin had a blast.  I was amazed at how nice the weather was for the area.  It was in the upper 20s and sunny!  We could have not asked for better weather.  Just last week temperatures were way below zero.  They had several basket sculptures that you could sit in and spin.  It was cool but heavy too!

And even a rocking horse that rocked!

 



It was a fun afternoon but now time to go warm up!