ZOOLIGHTS

December, 2020

During December, 2019 our dear friends from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Bob and Marlene Gill, invited us on a double-date for a fine evening at ZooLights – Phoenix Zoo’s annual Holiday lightshow and charity event. The proceeds help defray the cost of animal care and vital operations for the Arizona Center for Nature Conservation/Phoenix Zoo. We had posted a blog about last year’s enchanting adventure.

ZooLights displays occur in many communities across the Country, but for the uninitiated and as a refresher: On display are “millions of twinkling lights, dazzling animal sculptures and a wildlife lantern safari.” Brian particularly likes the wildlife lanterns – painted silk canvas stretched over a wire frame and lit from the inside.

We so enjoyed ourselves last year that attending ZooLights in 2020 was on our must-do list, and we wanted to share this year’s trip with friends. Sadly the pandemic has kept Bob and Marlene at home in Canada, but we gathered up Dee, Kent, Dave, Elfy, David, Glo, John, Cheryl, Jerry, Barb, and Angie for a night at the Zoo.

As in last year as we walked in we were handed a pair of carboard glasses whose lens’ refract light creating an almost hallucinogenic visual field – we ambled through a tunnel of amazing colors and distortions…Welcome To ZooLights!

Slowly walking around the paths within the Zoo we had the chance to enjoy the displays as well as the company of and conversation with dear friends.

If near a Zoo with a Holiday ZooLights display and you haven’t gone, we thoroughly encourage and recommend you gather family and/or friends for your own safari.

Barbara and Brian