photo courtesy of Darcy Saiget The Holiday Light Ride is very fun way to celebrate the holiday lights and festive atmosphere in Cordova during December. Ann Solberg and Darcy Saigat had an idea for a Holiday Lights Bike Ride and now for 3 years in a row the ride has been a great success. This year the ride was on December 18th at 4pm just as the natural light was getting dim enough to make the holiday lights begin to really show off their colors. This ride is an easy fun family bike ride, everyone and anyone can join the fun. The meeting place is at Hollis Hendricks Park by the Cordova Community Medical Center. While the group is arriving it is fun to watch the bikes arrive all dressed up in holiday lights. While riding to the meet the group at Hollis Hendricks Park, riders with bikes dressed up in holiday lights hear fun and cheery comments from surprised people on the street, especially when passing the Alaskan! The first part of the ride always begins by parading in front of the Cordova Medical Center lobby windows where the long term care residents are excitedly watching from inside. Lots of waving and smiles with wishes of "Merry Christmas" and "HO, HO, HO" make the parade fun for the folks inside a creates a very cheery atmosphere! The riders then continued down Chase Avenue and this year were surprised to see a huge star lit up hanging from a crane at the Wilson Construction Company, There are many stops to admire the lights and wish pedestrians and people who happen to see the riders "Happy Holidays". People in Cordova have the Christmas spirit and go all out to light up their homes and create a very festive environment during the darkest days of winter. Eventually after weaving around side streets all around the main part of Cordova the group met at the Cordova Center where Mimi very graciously opened the building (on her day off) for a nice cup of cocoa, a warm up and some fun conversation. If this sounds like a fun way to celebrate, be sure to join us next year for this fun annual Holiday Lights Ride. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! photo courtesy Natasha Casciano
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