Festival Park: January 2026

The lack of snow in Colorado this winter has been well-documented.  When we finally got just enough in Castle Rock to give everything a thin coat, I decided to use it to shoot the holiday lights in Festival Park.

Even at the early hour, the snow wasn't completely unbroken.  Who walks through Festival Park before 7 a.m. on a holiday Monday?

The town does a nice job with its decorations, with some added twinkles from stars in the predawn sky and frigid snowflakes on the ground.

The blue is an interesting color choice for the holidays.  But it's unique, and it works.

I don't think I've ever shot a police station before.  But I've never seen a station this pretty, either.

This oversized chair is a fairly recent addition to the downtown landscape, but a delightfully quirky one.

The sun was rising, and I was running out of time.  But I did manage to get a shot with the Castle Rock in it before the light and traffic picked up.

One last look to the west as the sky continued to lighten, and my time was done.  But I'm glad I got to see the lights in a proper context!