Flutterby™! : Umpqua Valley Festival of Lights

Okay, we'll work backwards, just because I want to get this one up quickly. On our trek we came across from Bend into Eugene on Saturday afternoon, tried to find cool stuff in Eugene, but it wasn't happening. I was reminded of Iowa City, a conservative base, and a bunch of rebelling college kids, but in this case the college kids have gone totally into the "we're such victims" / "social justice" mode that... well... there are pockets, but they weren't happening that Saturday night. So we pointed the car south. In Roseburg, we decided "what the hell, this could be really cheesey", and headed out west to the Umpqua Valley Festival of Lights. Totally worth the $7 per car cost of admission. They've taken a park or high school or somesuch (couldn't tell in the dark) and done it up with Christmas lights, many of which have fairly simple 3-4 frame kinds of animation. This shot doesn't do the carousel justice, but the baseball scene was completely inspired. Totally recommended if you happen to be near Roseburg, Oregon.