If you said “Old Man Winter,” you would be right.

While not exactly balmy, it was warm enough to move the kite-flying event off the lake, which is typically frozen, and onto an open field.

Carson Adams and his wife Naiki Adams, of Fort Dodge, brought a big blue whale to fly in the breeze.

“I’d prefer if it’s on the ice,” he said. “It’s the tradition.”

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Naiki Adams, of Fort Dodge, prepares to launch her own kite Saturday afternoon during the annual TWINterfest at Twin Lakes. Her kite is a large blue whale.

Adams said he grew up on Twin Lakes and started attending the annual festival a few years ago.

“They’re easy to fly,” he said of the balloons.

The largest of the balloons are tethered to anchors in the ground or, in other years, anchors in the ice.

“The really big ones will take you off the ground,” he said.

At Twin Lakes Bible Camp, a number of TWINterfest activities were on tap — mostly indoors.

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Katie Werner, of Deshler, Nebraska, helps her son Jack Werner make s'mores and put out the burning marshmallow Saturday during the annual TWINterfest at Twin Lakes. The delicious treats were part of the activities available at Twin Lakes Bible Camp.

Katie Werner, of Deshler, Nebraska, was helping her son Jack Werner make s’mores. Her role consisted mostly of blowing out burning marshmallows.

She has family that lives on the lake.

“We actually did make the journey for this,” Werner said.

She said her family members were enjoying themselves. They viewed the kites and contemplated the vehicle out on the ice that had one wheel already submerged.

The auto plunge was part of a fundraiser for the summer and winter fireworks. Tickets were sold with time stamps, and the ticket with the time closest to when the SUV actually went through the ice won.

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The Auto Plunge vehicle was partway through the ice Saturday during the annual TWINterfest at Twin Lakes. The event is a fundraiser for the summer and winter fireworks.

“We watched the car,” she said. “No, we don’t have a ticket.”

Was she missing Old Man Winter?

“No,” she said. “I can’t say I do.”

Scott Underberg, of Fort Dodge, was enjoying the day with his son, Bret Underberg, 2.

“We checked out all the activities,” he said. “We didn’t get a ticket for the car either.”

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A group of kids put on their smiles as bags of candy rained from the sky during the Candy Cannon at the annual TWINterfest at Twin Lakes Saturday.

He was OK with Old Man Winter being a no-show.

“I have no qualms,” he said. “I never miss cold weather.”

Quinn Hildreth, 11, of Twin Lakes, was enjoying the rock wall. She seemed a natural as she moved between hand holds and toe holds.

“She’s my fearless child,” her mom, Sandra Hildreth, said.

For Quinn, the lack of winter weather was a mixed bag.

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Quinn Hildreth, 11, of Twin Lakes, looks for the next hand hold as she climbs the wall at Twin Lakes Bible Camp Saturday during the annual TWINterfest.

“I like it warm, but I wasn’t able to go ice skating,” Quinn Hildreth said.

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A variety of colorful kites fill the sky Saturday during the annual TWINterfest at Twin Lakes. Thin ice kept the flyers off the lake.

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"Well, you don't see that every day." A cow kite hangs out in the breeze Saturday afternoon during the annual TWINterfest at Twin Lakes.