Fire & Ice

This all started with Bernie's Grandson. He and a friend had been out on the lake playing in the snow and sculpted a giant fish that looked like it was jumping out of the water. Soon word spread through town about the snow sculpture, and visitation to the park doubled that winter. One savvy park ranger petitioned to have an annual event, and now it is.

Bernie's Grandson works with the Ely Volunteer Fire Dept. in Ely Nevada, and used that as his inspiration for his sculpture.

Any one can sign up to participate, I say we get Becky to do it! She'll WIN it for sure! The living room above won this year. All of this is happening on top of (frozen) Cave Lake just outside of Ely Nevada. They have a contest every year called The Fire & Ice Show, the "fire" portion consists of a huge fireworks show and an historic black powder cannon being shot off many times during the day. The "ice" well it covers the lake and is the scene of the ice fishing and ice sculptures. With a top prize of $1,000.00.

It is usually the first part of January. It is a fun way to start off a New Year!