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With 14 acres of Botanical Gardens and over a mile of paths gloriously lit for Christmas we definitely got our steps in that night.

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They called this next section the Aurora Borealis…

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Though in actuality it’s the butterfly house during the summer.

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Whatever you call it, it was pretty cool.

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Having toured the gardens twice, we were done…

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Not to mention frozen solid.

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Ducking into the cafe to warm up before the long trek back to the car sounded like a good idea..

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As did the caroling grandpas.

It was at this point I saw a sign… and realized I’d missed a prime opportunity.

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Damn!

If only I’d known this before we started I could have been a lot warmer.

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