Some say 4 million lights make up the drive-through and walk-through Rotary Lights display at Riverfront Parr. For sure it’s 3 million, but who’s counting.
Landing pad at Okoberfest grounds
LACROSSE, Wis. — For a different perspective, helicopters tours are flying over the Rotary Lights holiday extravaganza on the LaCrosse riverfront. Take-offs are from the nearby Oktoberfest grounds. The fare:
> 10-mile tour: $124 per person.
> 5-mile tour: $79.
> 2-mile tour: $49.
Duluth-based Lake Superior Helicopters flies four-passenger Robinon s R-44s, which it also uses also for aerial tours of Duluth’s Bentleyville holiday display. The LaCrosse flights begin at 5 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays through December 21. Said pilot Rachael Bugella: “When you’re flying above it, you get the entire Christmas light show, all the Christmas decorations in people’s yards, the city lights, the campus.”
Robinson R-44A. With oversize glass cockpits and wrap-around windows.