Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
The two RV Gypsies went to the Chinese Lantern Festival
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To really appreciate this site, it is recommended that you view the 2022 visit first, which is very different from this year, You can get there by choosing this link. There will be a link at the bottom of that second page to bring you back here.The 2022 photos are very different from these 2023 photos and include the outside entry way, which Karen Duquette did not photograph this year, because it was pouring rain as they entered the festival. |
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Below: After a
3-hour car drive in the rain, the two RV Gypsies arrived at the Koka
Booth Amphitheatre for their second adventure at the NC Chinese Lantern
Festival, in Cary, North Carolina. Only a few people were in line under
a canopy waiting for the place to open, probably because it was raining.
Plus they went for the special early bird entry (with limited tickets
sold) at a cost of $75 for the two of them. |
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Below: Another photo of the entry walkway and the over-head Chinese Lanterns. |
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Below: A sample of a few of the various designs on the lanterns. The two RV Gypsies were two of the first dozen people entering (it was raining lightly), and they wanted to see as much as they could before it got crowded. Karen Duquette thought she would take more photos on the way out, but did not because by then it was nighttime. |
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Below: The Monkey King |
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Below: The two RV Gypsies enjoyed watching the Monkey King pop-up out of the cauldron in a mist of smoke. |
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Below: And down goes the Monkey King back into his cauldron. |
Below: The Supreme Elderly Lord |
Below: Mayor Koka Booth monument |
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Below: Daytime view of one of the lantern trees and a nighttime view of a similar lantern tree. They both changed colors, and so did the one shown just above. |
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Below: These photos were taken when the two RV Gypsies first arrived, and the wooden deck was still wet from the rain that ended shortly after they entered the display area. Well, a few sprinkles still occurred now and then throughout the evening. |
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The photo below was taken later on in the same day, after dark, as the two RV Gypsies were leaving the Chinese Festival. This colorful dragon head opened and closed its mouth and the eyeballs also opened and closed. |
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Below: Part of the uniquely shaped swings that kept changing colors. This was in a children's play area that had a few other things for the children. Then Karen Duquette zoomed in on the helicopter that was in the far background behind the swings. |
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Below: The Phoenix Corridor sign and the phoenix on top of the lighted arch. |
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Below: The lighting on the Phoenix Corridor arch kept changing colors. |
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Below: Lee Duquette in the Phoenix Corridor |
Below: A night time view of the Phoenix Corridor |
Below: Karen Duquette standing in front of the Phoenix's tail (as shown above) |
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Below: The moon (seen in the background of the above photos) and two rabbits that were in the corner behind the moon. |
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Below: To the left of the above cannon, there was a big and colorful board of beads. It was a fun place where people could draw designs in the board by using their hand to move the beads around. |
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Below: The Tree of Life, which kept changing colors. |
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Below: Lee Duquette beating on the drum at The Tree of Life as the lights changed colors. |
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