Harrison Hot Springs

After being in Abbotsford for a month, I still consider myself a tourist. Once in a while I'd look through the huge pile of tourism brochures I have. The 19th Annual World Championships of Sand Sculptures looked really attractive and fun to see. So we made a trip to Harrison Hot Springs on Sunday. It is (another) little town about 45 minutes from Abbotsford.

Some sand sculptures were a little disappointing because they looked like high school kids built them just for fun, and a lot of them were very abstract, couldn't tell the meaning behind the sculptures and there were no titles to a lot of the displays. I thought they could have done a better job with the titles at least.

Let's start with my favourite display. Titled: The Boy's Turtle Tank. Subtitle: "Can you 'see' the glass?" This display won the People's Choice Award. Very creative! Can you "see"??



My next fav was probably this one called "Delivery" because it's real life. The happiest moment in a delivery room. All the other displays were fantasies, so I thought this sculptor did a good job in terms of choosing the subject. The sculptor was just finishing his sculpture when we were there, he showed another tourist a photo of his son, "this was my inspiration!"


Here are some of the more creative ones from the competition...







I guess this was done by a Christian sculptor. Titled: "Let the Light Shine on Me"


Harrison Hot Springs is such a beautiful place. I want a house there!