I wasn't sure what to expect, seeing that I had been to the "Richland Co" fairgrounds to see the holiday lights there so many times and so many years ago while my husband was still alive. Being a widow with a car full of teenagers and one dog was interesting, needless to say but fun too.
It did go beyond my expectations, I was so amazed with all the hard work that was put into it. It expanded from the State Park Campground to the Cross Creek Resort.
It was very beautiful and very much worth the trip.
My grandpa would have loved it seeing Alum Creek was his favorite leisure time place. He would had been a hundred in 2014. We lost him in 1987. I always think of him whenever I cross Alum Creek and I think in a way he would had liked that.
Anyway, the lady who took the ticket and handed me a brochure wished us a "Happy New Year" I got thinking about how my brother and his friend spent one "New Year's Eve" camping there . Well to make a long story short. "Boys will be boys" , lets just say, the had fun without the use of alcohol. They always had and have a way to make me laugh at the stories they told and still tell, like sledding down the Alum Creek Dam.
The kids love it when I tell them these stories, but that night we enjoyed just being together. We had the CD player going on in the car, my son's pick, and admired all the lights. The displays ranged from serious to humorous. My favorite was a reindeer fishing. That was cute. Now it wasn't Christmas Music we played but "Lynyrd Skynyrd ." It worked.
We will be going into 2014 and I am very hopeful that it will be a great year. My daughter is doing much better with her eating, work is going well and my son and daughter are helping out more around the house. My son is also fixing things in the house and on the car!
