Bonfante Gilroy Gardens – Nights of Fire

Posted by Karen on 05-Dec-2009

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Back to Bonfante Gilroy Gardens we went (gotta make that tax-deductible season pass pay for itself!). Tersha and I, along with Brianna, went back to experience their Nights of Fire laser lights and fireworks show. In December, the park opens on weekend night to show off how they’ve decorated the park with millions of lights. We left a few hours early because we wanted to explore the San Luis Reservoir and Pacheco State Park areas that we had seen on the way up last time.  We saw a couple of deer and a stray house cat hiding amongst the tall dried grass surrounding the very blue lakes. As the sun set, we headed to the gardens and then spend some pleasant hours wandering around enjoying all the many lights. We rode the train ride again and this time we also rode the balloon ride and even the roller coaster, just the things to do when it’s cold and dark… you trying doing a roller coaster scream with your teeth chattering…LOL! Off to find a spot at Coyote Lake for the laser show and fireworks display.  It was a very short show of maybe 10 minutes, so that was a tad disappointing, but it was still a very fun and pretty evening and I enjoyed it.