We actually stayed up past midnight by watching our recorded TV shows. When we got up this morning, John discovered that we missed a phone call at midnight central time. We listened to a 4 minute voice mail full of laughter from our friends back home!
After walking for about an hour around the park, we had a light lunch and did chores around the RV (taking down Xmas decorations). Upon our return from the walk, we found a note on our door inviting us to join Randy and Bobbie for New Year black-eyed peas (for luck) and cooked cabbage (for wealth). Randy and Bobbie were our wagon masters for the 45-day tour we took in Mexico four years ago. Randy saw my post on FB about the fireworks and realized we were at the same park.
It turns out that Randy and Bobbie are part of a group of volunteers who help with the light festival. They arrived in September to help change out all the 180,000 light bulbs. They also help with running the train and directing visitors during the evening, checking campsites after people leave and working in the registration office. They told us that this festival started right after Hurricane Hugo hit 23 years ago and grows every year with an expectation of over 250,000 visitors this year.
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