Louisville again, then Holiday World

Elizabeth and I were back in Louisville a few days later, this time with the boys in the family.  We ate lunch by the river, then everyone indulged me in my one request - that we go on the Belle ferry, which I hadn't done since Laura was with us there a couple of decades ago.  I loved it. We loved it.

You can see that everyone did their own thing at some point - Steven was the sightseer, Michael ate lots of food, and Elizabeth avoided us because we are generally an embarrassment to her coolness.

After the two-hour ferry ride, which was absolutely spectacular (in spite of repeated playings of polka music, at the request of some visitors from Kansas) we headed toward the History Museum.  Just before we arrived at the entrance, Michael noticed the big Louisville Slugger Museum's bat.  Off he and Steven went, while Elizabeth and I went to the history museum, which featured an exhibit on mythical creatures (e.g., mermaids, sea monsters, unicorns, etc.). The highlight was seeing a non-mythical sword demonstration and getting to practice a little en garde (that might be fencing; Aaron could explain the difference to us) behavior ourselves.

We left Louisville and went to Indiana.  Swam in the pool, had pig-out night, then spent the next day at Holiday World.  There were new rides but the fun was the same as it is every single year.



It was about 100 degrees, so the long-winding lazy river was a huge hit (do Elizabeth and Michael really think they successfully eluded me by repeatedly staying underwater each time they passed me?)

There was a new basketball game and long story short: After watching grown men not reach the required points to win a prize, Michael did - check out his form!  Then Steven did ... three times - we see from where Michael gets his remarkable form.  So now Michael has four more sports pennants in his room.

Such a great family trip.  Zoe and Niki also had a wonderful time, spending the two days at Angie and David's house.  Hope some of you can join us next year!