City of Lights -- Hidalgo, Texas

We drove to Hidalgo the other night to see the lights. Hidalgo is just south of McAllen and right on the Mexican border. This post is mainly gonna be pics of the awesome lights.



The lights are spread over a very large area and the areas are themed with tributes to many things. The first area was just a traditional Christmas, with toyland, candy canes, trees, and gifts. Each year they start a new theme. Last year they did China. It was cool!

These dragons are made with over 3000 small bottles filled with coloured water. They were way cool!

They have a tram that takes you around to see all the lights, because they are spread over a 3 mile area. Taking pictures on the tram really didn't work out, so we walked around a bit after the tour. The areas I'm not showing had things like a tribute to the space program and they did the 12 days of Christmas.
The soldiers are guarding the entrance to City Hall.

They had scenes all around the parks, and all the trees are lit up. There are well over 3 million light used and this is the eighteenth year for the show.

Mary took some of these pics and then she took some that she wasn't too happy with, but I thought some of them turned out super-neat.

I thought the smearing of the lights was great.

And finally, I love these two Christmas pics I got in the park.
Not yer traditional snow scene, but I LIKE it!

And I could get to really like this kind of Christmas tree!

Anyhow, a very merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!