I was searching on-line for things to do in Grand County around Christmas when I came across some information about the Grand Lake Winter Carnival.  I thought, how much fun would a small town winter celebration be?  Even though it was hard to tell how to participate or exactly what you would be participating in, I put it on the calendar and invited one of my friends from Denver to come up and share in whatever festivities we could find.

When we first arrived in town we saw a bunch signs for Ice Addiction.  What is Ice Addiction?  After we parked, we noticed that there were a lot of people hanging out at the lake and something exciting was going on, judging from the announcer’s voice in the background.  Ice Addiction was fully underway!  It was an ice fishing contest.  I’ve never would have thought that an ice fishing contest would have need for an announcer.  Even though we couldn’t quite tell what the announcer was saying, it sounded very exciting.  The ice was covered in people staring down tiny holes waiting for fish.  Even if Winter Carnival was a bust, seeing this was worth the drive.

After watching Ice Addiction for a bit, we headed to main street to see the other festivities.  We missed the tea pot curling contest.  There was a put put golf course in the snow, a bunch of other races and activities for kids and the main event, the bed races.  What is a bed race, you ask.? Teams like up and push a bed down the snow packed street.  It was fun to watch.  In the evening there was a costume party at one of the bars and then fireworks off the lake.  All in all, it was great small town fun!