Newport Christmas Boat Parade

Last weekend, we decided to check out the Newport Christmas Boat Parade. It was a long drive from where we live but we thought we'd go check it out. It is held every year at Newport Beach in the month of December. Yachts, boats, kayaks, and canoes were decorated with Christmas lights and sail along the harbor accompanied with Christmas songs.

In my humble opinion, it was not really worth the hassle and drive for us. If you are in the neighborhood, you could stop by to view these richly decorated vessels. Or you could make a, way in advance, reservation at one of those restaurants along the harbor. You could get a very good view sitting by the harbor and enjoy a romantic dinner with your spouse.

We parked a couple miles away and walked to it to avoid the traffic and crowd. We were an hour early so we managed to get a good view from the bridge. Here are some of the ones that came out decent from the camera:

Some owners really went all out. Gotta give them credit for that. From the website, it says some owners went as far as spending $50,000 to decorate their vessel for this event. Wow!