Monday, January 31, 2011

Ice Castles at Midway!

This weekend Nate and I drove up to Midway to see the Ice Castles! It was a genuinely fun and NOVEL activity, which can sometimes be hard to find in Utah County. My roommate told me about these icicle-house things that some guy makes every year using pvc pipes and water pumps, so, naturally, we had to go.



The scene was gorgeous.



Nate's "Not-a-nutcracker" smile. I like this picture more than the other one of us together, but he doesn't.



The light is all natural! Just kidding. :)



A close-up.



My freakishly long tongue was parched.



The white witch, empress of the lone islands, is probably just around the corner.



Aww...



Sweet, no?



We had fun picking out our favorites.



This one was my favorite. It reminds me of Atlantica from The Little Mermaid.

It was quite awesome, and definitely worth 5 dollars. They say it keeps growing week-to-week, as the icicles melt and freeze and re-melt and re-freeze. (If Pete and Re-pete are on a boat, and one falls off...) :) haha anyways, I'm happy to say we found something new to do on a Saturday night. If you know of any other oddities to visit in Utah, let me know! I'm all ears.

5 comments:

merilee said...

Wow. I had no idea these were so extensive and beautiful. What a great spectacle. Definitely worth seeing. Five bucks! Unbelievable.

Greg and Michelle said...

Hurray! It looks like you had a blast, and that it wasn't too cold! We heard about these from friends the other day - and I am so glad you got to see these!

vanessajo said...

I miss you so much.

ps. the code word i have to write on this is "comings" i thought that was a little ironic.

Melinda said...

haha that IS ironic! And I miss you too :) Your birthday is tomorrow! We shall calleth you.

Marie W said...

Lovin' the cold creativity. And how is it that I didn't know until now that you have a Jenny tongue?

When I was at BYU...I know, enough with the dinosaur jokes going through your mind right now...there was a free ice climbing event at Bridal Veil Falls. I climbed a man-made wall of ice, but other more experienced climbers were tackling the real deal. That might be something to keep an eye out for.