Saturday, Panoway on Wayzata Bay was on our agenda. Mom and I were going to visit Gramma, it was sunny, -8 Fahrenheit, and we thought it was ideal to visit this display. Normally it is really crowded and even parking is tough. With the cold weather we could have a quick visit all to ourselves! This big star is full of lights, but during the day, they can’t really be seen. Still, I feel like a star! Wayzata Bay on Lake Minnetonka is behind us. You can see some of the ice houses out there.
We love the display which covers several block of lake shore, but I do feel there is some discrimination going on. This fun photo frame is obviously made for adult humans. What about us dogs, or even kids? I stretched out as long as I could to get my little mug into the frame. Maybe they will get a shorter frame some day.
The wall of ice was pretty cool to see, and they have some miscellaneous ice sculptures set up in front of it. Dogs have to be very careful to not touch them, or get to close with a wagging tail.
They have a lot of tables for people to sit at and several areas for bonfires. I think someone comes by to split logs for the fires sometimes because there are a lot of big logs near the fire pits. The fire areas themselves have Adirondack chairs. I decided to become a bump on a log for a photo.
We walked along the path down the lake shore. I stopped to look out over the frozen lake and sniff the air. Being below zero makes it chilly, but Mom and I are good at staying warm when we are out and about in the cold. My furs do look a bit puffed in this shot.
Our favorite find in the Panoway on Wayzata Bay is this snowflake, probably since it is winter! It must be really pretty at night, but we are not going to visit at nighttime.
On the way back to our car, we stumbled onto this cute little mural on a side street. We really like it, and it is such a fun contrast to the wintery day! In the summer the Panoway has summer displays and activities. Maybe we will come back in the summertime to take a look at it in warm weather with boats on the water.
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that is a wonderful place… and we love the photo with the star… two superstars together in one photo ;O)
The star would be super cool in the dark!
Minnesnowta is really cold this winter. I loved the snowflake, but the STAR is all mine! XOXO Mirepoix Betsy’s Little Star aka Sparkle
I will take the snowflake and you can take the star 🙂 It is cold. We had our walks at -25 this morning. It has been below zero since Thursday afternoon, but starting tomorrow we will get above zero again in the afternoon.
I vote for summer!
It will be tough to visit in the summer because it will probably be crowded but we will try.
It sure is a pretty place even with all that white stuff!
Gotta love the white stuff 🙂
Wow! What cool photos. And, you’re right — they need to make the photo frame dog accessible! You did a good streeetch up! Love these photos and this visit. Have a great day. your friend Lilly
Thank you. I was on my tippy toe paw pads and it was a real stretch, but we wanted the photo.
What a fun adventure and I agree that you need that frame to be lower to the ground. I think they should have a human one and a puppy one. Fair is fair.
Thank you for taking us on your frozen adventure. I didn’t even get cold.
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Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. Scritches to all the pups and my best to your mom. ♥
And scritches to the kitties too. I keep forgetting. ♥
We try to forget about them too. They cause trouble more than anything.
Usually these things are made for kids too, but not this time. I really stretched to make it into the frame just a little bit.
We had the same weather sunny and – 8 for 5 days and now we are back to rain ! Beautiful picture !
Thank you. We don’t like rain around here, especially not in the winter as it makes a real mess.
What a very pretty place … though we will never ever think of you as a mere bump-on-a-log!
Mom says I’m the cutest bump on a log around.
What a great place for a walk. We can see why Wayzata Bay is popular. We LOVE the photo of you peaking through the sign. We love the juxtaposition of the summer print of the same spot on the sign and the winter scene that you are in! You and your Mom are AWESOME! Thanks for sharing your walk with us and stopping by to see us! Have a marvellously Happy Day!
Thank you. It was a fun little excursion, of course quick with the cold, but we enjoyed it. Happy Monday.
What a beautiful place and the ice sculptures are just gorgeous! We love the photo of you trying to get into the Panoway frame, Bailie!
That was really hard because it is so far up there. I was stretched to the max and holding on real tight.
wowow…you get to go to the most interesting places!
We are always on the lookout for new and different things to see.
That looks like a fun place to visit!
It is a lot more than what we expected. They did a nice job with it for something to do in the winter.
So many fun and different things to see on that walk! We wouldn’t have lasted long in those temperatures though!
After so many really cold days, -8 or so feels almost warm. Mom could go out in shorts now that we are above zero, LOL! We are enjoying some + temps now.