Ice Castles

My first Groupon purchase was a set of tickets to see the ice castles up in Silverthorne.  I had never heard of them before, but the pictures looked really cool and I decided it would be a fun activity.  We invited the LeDosquets and made it a party.  The artist uses icicles and sprayed water which freezes overnight to create these 20 foot tall towers.  They were pretty incredible.  Unfortunately it's pretty late in the season and we have had a really warm spell, so there was a lot of dripping icicles and slush puddles.  I didn't know if we would have a snow clothes battle on our hands with the girls, but since it was so warm they just needed their coats and galoshes and we had happy campers.  Hallelujah!  We saw the castles first in the afternoon in full daylight, then came back once the sun set for a different experience.  It was pretty awesome.  Here are some of my favorite pictures:

Wall of icicles

Munchkin among the towers

Cambrie exploring (don't mind her ice-cream pajama bottoms :)

Family pic

Happy couple

Ceiling shot

McKenzie's hand inside an air pocket

And immediately following, McKenzie's cold fingers in Jeremy's ear

Icicle wall at night

Night-time ceiling shot

Cambrie sloshing through a melted trough

Backlit castle