Zeb and Eider Duck here. We returned to Nederland, Colorado on Sunday for the last events of Frozen Dead Guy Days of 2014.
We did not go back Saturday, the main day due to human error. On the way down Friday, one human driver hit ice and slid into the side of the mountain. On Saturday the other human was sick and stuffed up. No injuries, but no Saturday festivities either.
We arrived at the park in Nederland as men were putting up the volleyball net. We watched the remote control trucks race over the snow. They almost fly and sometimes crash.
We went to the frozen t-shirt contest. New t-shirts, still folded, are soaked in water and then frozen—really frozen! The men, without shirts, must put the new frozen t-shirts on as fast as possible. It required several minutes to unfold the frozen shirts. The shirts are bent, karate chopped, folded, pulled and anything they can think of to break ice and unfold shirts to put them on. We could not see very well, but took a few photos through the crowd.
We watched videos later on You Tube. This looks very cold.
Then we watched frozen turkey bowling. This was easy to see and fun to watch. Unlike regular bowling, you throw the turkey at the pins.
Children threw small game hens and adults had 2 sizes of frozen turkeys. As the bowling progressed, one of the turkeys became unwrapped.
There were a couple of beer tents with live music and heaters.
Next we watched snow volleyball. Some men had no shirts.
This girl worn no shoes.
Finally she put shoes on. Cold snow and ice here. After the game Zeb and Eider met some volleyball players.
We enjoyed all at various times during the day. Near one of the tents a man had carved wooden animals and one ice sculpture.
Soon he had a new block of ice and began carving the ice with a small chain saw. The saw roared, the ice shavings flew and soon this sculpture was in front of us.
Beautiful work of art with only ice and a chain saw!
We liked the activities Sunday, so maybe we can see it all next year. You would enjoy Frozen Dead Guy Days in Nederland, Colorado. Oh yes…there really is a frozen dead guy in a Tuff Shed in the mountains of Nederland. For more information visit www.frozendeadguy.com or visit Nederland, Colorado the second weekend in March.
I finally heard the story behind Frozen Dead Guy Days on TV– what a weird and colorful story!
It is weird but a lot of fun. Hope you experience the craziness some year.
You quack me up! I will save the cold stuff for next month. I like my snow shovel just fine while it is hanging in the garage. Have a great week and have fun!
Thanks for stopping by. Love snow in the mountains, but not in my driveway. This is a fun festival. Hope you visit Nederland in early March Frozen Dead Guys