When my family visited Winter Wonderland at Portland International Raceway, we tried to use our time effectively. We also had dinner at Denny's, where Mom got the Rudolph pancakes, and we decided to drive by the Queen Anne Victorian Mansion.
We weren't planning on going in, but we had passed by it many times and thought it would be nice to see it up close. There were always white lights bordering the elegant structure. Then we got there.
Was this really the right place? It wasn't even the same name.
Which didn't necessarily mean anything. The Queen Anne Victorian Mansion was how we always referred to it, but that didn't mean it was the official name. I'd never looked it up.
Also, this was the first time we'd come to the front of the house instead of the back. Maybe they were colorful in the front and all white lights in the back?
Still, it was hard not to wonder if there had been some kind of change in ownership.
There were so many colors.
There was a giant teddy bear, which was pretty demure compared to the inflatable octopus and candy-striped entrance arch.
You can still see the white lights bordering. Oddly, on Christmas we drove by on the way home from my brother, and I saw only the white lights again. The Miracle of the Million Lights closes on the 23rd; had it all been removed that quickly? Or was the back always the staid disguise of the garish front?
I don't know, but I think next year I'm going in.
http://www.victorianbelle.com/the-miracle-of-a-million-lights.html
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