parade of lights

This year, we went to the parade of lights in downtown Denver. The weather was beautiful - just over 40 degrees and not cold at all. The parade was short, about an hour, which was perfect.

After the parade, we walked down to the end of the 16th street mall to see the government building all lit up for the holidays.

The parade of lights is free to watch, so all we had to pay for was parking for a great evening!

my weekend - colorado dragon boat festival

I was looking for something to do this weekend, and found out that Denver is hosting the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival! Admission was free*, so why not?

The first thing that drew our attention was the opening ceremonies, and the double dragon dance! I got a ton of pictures, here are the best ones.

Then we went to the Cultural Unity tent and watched a popin' lockin' dance crew perform. Sorry, no pictures of this one, I was too entranced by the performance!

 Docked dragon boats!

And then we went back out to the lawn and watched a dragon boat race! We'd seen one as soon as we got there, but we picked our favorite boats this time. I picked the boat in the middle, and Alex picked the one closest to the shore.

 My boat is the one in lead, Alex's is in last place here.

Boat #2 winning the race! Alex's boat isn't in this picture...that boat didn't actually finish! Bad luck!

*We did have to pay $5 for parking, because we couldn't find a spot on the street, but that doesn't seem like a lot for the fun we had!