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photos.ALBj.net → 2004 → ICE! at Gaylord Palms, December 12, 2004

A trip to the Gaylord Palms Hotel to see the ICE! attraction. BBBbbrrrr!!!

Obligatory goofing-around photo
The following 14 photos—10 actually inside the exhibit and four more around the hotel prior to me retrieving my DSLR—were taken by Jeff with his camera. I chose not to bring mine in, not knowing how 9° air would affect it. I would have loved lots more photos and we had plenty of opportunities to take them. As I feared, though, the cold pretty much zapped the life out of Jeff's batteries. We were lucky to squeeze off the shots we got.

The exhibit featured an indoor ice slide. Lots of fun!
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In the distance is a sculpture of a horse-drawn carriage…
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…where the obligatory photo-op occurred
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Rosa would have wanted a redo, but Jeff had to let the camera warm up again
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A church-like scene…
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…complete with stained-glass…er, ice windows…
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…and a sculpted angel
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Passageway to another section
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Nativity depiction
Somewhat surprising to acknowledge that what I thought was the prettiest scene—a nativity depiction—was also the only one without color added.

Close-up of Mary and baby Jesus.
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Hotel decorations
After we finished the attraction and warmed up a bit, we spent a few moments looking around the Gaylord Hotel.

The St. Augustine area
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The Key West area
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Snowmen in Key West!!??
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Gaylord Palms rotunda sculpture
While I didn't bring my office's D100 into the exhibit, I did retrieve it for a few shots through the hotel. This sculpture is in a rotunda area at the walkway connecting the convention center to the hotel.