Today’s agenda included a visit to Hamilton, OH, about 25
miles north of the cabin. I couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day, high
in the 50’s, not a cloud in the sky, a little breezy but I dressed for that.
Arriving into town you knew immediately where Icefest was located, literally
hundreds and hundreds of people everywhere, cars packed the streets. The first
order of business was to find a parking space, with the weather as nice as it
was I should have known that it was going to be a good day, I found a parking
spot right in the middle of Icefest, 30 second walk away, yay! Second order of
business was to find a bathroom, this was a task that was a little harder to
find, with luck I found one right at the beginning of the ice exhibits. Go
me!!!
What I didn't realize was how difficult it is to photograph ice, first off way to many people, half my shots had people walking in front of the camera, the other half was dealing with the backgrounds, extremely difficult to manage. I wasn't looking for perfection anyway so I stopped looking for it. Some of the exhibits, actually all of the exhibits were starting to melt, some had lost pieces, for example the Statue of Liberty lost her torch, not every sculpture was labeled in other words you may not be able to figure out what it is, others are pretty obvious. If I were to do this again I think I would go in the evening.
I really wanted to explore the town but it was so crowded I just gave up. Will visit again, this town has a lot of history, including a visit from President Abe Lincoln. Even without Icefest this is absolutely a place you want check out.
Scale of 1-5 I will give Icefest a 3.5. My reasons for the low rating, to many sculptures where advertisements, I was impressed, ice sculpting is not easy but I really wanted to be amazed, that just didn't happen. Do I plan to attend Icefest again? Probably not. Will I go back to visit Hamilton, OH? .....ABSOLUTELY!
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