By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — If you're used to going to the Hutchinson Zoo to see Christmas lights, you can still do that.
"We decided to switch our lights this year to do something outside the zoo so people could watch from the safety of their car as opposed to walking through the zoo," said Hannah Grace with the Hutchinson Zoo. "We used almost every single light that we have and just did our front lawn, instead of throughout the entire area. It's a two week process to get that all set up, so we've had kind of a long time to get this ready and we have it set up to go with music, so you can listen to 106.7 FM from your car and you can watch the lights dance along with all of the songs."
There is a preferred way they want traffic to go for the experience.
"We want you to come from Severance street on Blanchard," Grace said. "If you do, you'll get to see all of our non-profit lights, as well. Then, as you come around the corner to the zoo, you can park in the golf course parking lot, as long as you turn your headlights off and you can watch the whole show from right there. Then, when you exit, if you go through the zoo parking lot, we have Santa waiting there to say hello."
There are just a few more days to see the lights.
"Our lights will be going until Saturday, December 19," Grace said. "It will go from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. every night."
Non-profits that helped this year include: Reno County Museum, TECH, PILR, Boys and Girls Club of Reno County, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Dillon Nature Center and the Hutchinson Animal Shelter.