Fire and Ice (dog sledding)

Today we went to Fire and Ice Fest. I think one lady is right-there was more ice than fire. ;-) There were lots of people there so I guess we were not the only crazy people who came out in 18F weather, plus windchill, probably only 8F (daddy's guess).

But it was a lot of fun! And between many cups of hot chocolate and free brownies, we made it. Though we left long before the fire works schedule for at night time, the kids were able to ride on dog pulled sled and that was really special. The trainer told us that the sled dogs are actually hot in this weather! Imagine how they feel in the summer. There were also a place for ice skating outdoors but mommy didn't bring our skates. Check out all the fun below! Most impressively, all the events are free. :-) But daddy tipped well.

Horse-drawn rides of downtown; petting a sled dog. J was petting the dog too which is a big step for her.

1)Warming up in the big tent, along with a hot organic Moroccan soup. Yum! This is the veggie/fruit carving at the table. Can you tell which veggie/fruit was used for the animals? We even heard gospel songs as well as other performances in the big tent.
2)Warming up at the fire pit; Prime learned the hard way that standing on the wrong side of the fire pit is a bad idea. All that smoke really hurt the eye/nose.
3)We are next; see the line behind us for the dog sledding? Our toes are freezing. :(

Getting on; here we go! That was so fun! We love it!

1)At one of the dog sled demo-equipment used to for races.
2)Afterward, we went into a heater-equipped tent to warm up. The heat feels so good. Someone even played some Irish music for us. :-)
3)making s'mores at the fire pit