We went to the Public Library and found some pictures of the ice castle for my research project. The picture above is of this years castle. This year we went snow tubing at Mt. Pisgah, but it wasn’t much fun because the snow was sticky. After we went tubing we went back to the hotel and went swimming, it was awesome. On Saturday night it was the lighting of the ice castle and when they started to light the fireworks the mast on the pirate ship caught on fire. Then the firemen put out the fire! 
In the book, Ice Palace, you are told how the people of Saranac Lake build and arrange the Winter Carnival. Prisoners assist in the building of the ice castle, by cutting blocks out of the lake and stacking them on top of each other using slush mortar. Each year they build a different castle and have different theme. Every year, a new King and Queen are crowned and they get to light the castle and then the fireworks begin. During Winter Carnival the children of the town play games outside in the snow. At end of the carnival the town has a parade.
That's really cool Cat. Keep up the amazing posts!
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