Where: Rocky Pond (Belleville, KS)
When: December 17 to December 26, 2021
Bucket List: Rocky Pond Christmas Light Display

Like most folks, we wanted to spend the 2021 holidays with family. Our first stop was to my home town in Belleville, Kansas. As before when visiting my folks, we stayed at Rocky Pond. At $20 for full hook-ups, you cannot beat it. This time, our stay was a little different though.

First, we had to battle through freezing temperatures. In preparation for that, we purchased some heat tape to place around our water heater and water lines in the wet bay area of our 2019 Greyhawk 31F. We had previously insulated all of the exposed water lines that we could see outside of the wet bay area. We also turned on the tank heaters and ran our water heater all of the time (typically, we turn off the water heater when not in use). Despite that, the temperatures got down to 24, 21, 15, 26, 19, and 24 °F the first few days we were there.   Despite our efforts, our water lines froze on two of the nights.   Lucky for us, we could grab a hot shower at my parent’s house.

Second, we got to experience the Rocky Pond Christmas Light Display. Since 2010, the city and community volunteers have decorated the pond with thousands of lights, and each year it gets bigger and better.  This was the first time that we got to experience it in person.  And another great thing about it:  it’s free.  I’m so proud to call this place home.

If you want to support the Rocky Pond Christmas Light Display, donations can be made to:

Rocky Pond Christmas Fund:
c/o Astra Bank  
1205 18th St 
Belleville KS 669

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