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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Chef Mickeys
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Monday, October 31, 2011
Campground Review - Nashville KOA
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| 50s group performed live! |
We stayed at the Nashville KOA over Patsy's birthday where were saw a live concert and went to eat at the Old Spaghetti Warehouse in downtown Nashville.
Staff - 6 - Some young people were working the counter each time we went to the office. I suppose one could say they were cordial. Mostly uninterested.
Nearby attractions - 9 - Right in the heart of Nashville's tourist area.
Natural surroundings - 7 - Big mature trees yet close to the interstate.
Value - 4 - We paid $53 a night for two nights for a pull-trhough gravel site with full-hook-ups and cable TV. This was using our KOA card and some KOA points we had earned. Campgrounds are pretty expensive in Nashville.
Bathrooms - 9 - Very clean and updated bathrooms. Plenty of hot showers.
Facility fun - 9 - Discounted tickets to Nashville sites, Gray Line and other tour buses stop at this campground. Large playground, game room, swimming pool and volleyball courts. Planned activities during peak season. We got super discounted tickets to an oldies concert at the campground theater which plays there most every Wednesday night.
Cleanliness - 9 - Nice and well taken care of.
Facility usefulness - 8 - Fire rings, laundry, picnic tables, dump station, propane, camp store, exchange library.
Overall - 7 - Nice but quite pricey!
Saturday, August 6, 2011
National Balloon Classic Indianola
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Medora Musical
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Ride the Hide
By Patsy
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After all the fun and cowboy-esque things we have done in the western parts of the United States, you would think that our family would be starting to get a little bored with our “wild west” type adventures, but you would be wrong. We just don’t seem to be able to get enough of this stuff. My husband is a descendant from Buffalo Bill Cody, and I think that western blood must be coursing through our sons’ veins.
So, when we found ourselves staying in Fort Robinson State Park in Nebraska and found out that they had a small rodeo they preformed every Thursday and Sunday night, we made plans to attend. Now, we knew this probably wouldn’t be the full bronco-busting type of rodeo we had seen earlier in Wyoming. This was a show that was put on primarily by the horse wranglers that worked at the stables in the park. However, our family is just a little bit on the horse-crazy side, so we didn’t really care how much rough riding we were going to see, we just wanted to watch the horses.
The first event of the night was pretty typical of a rodeo. It was team roping of steers. We dutifully cheered for the ropers that either got the rope over the steers’ heads, or came close and we booed for the ones that missed pitifully. But after that event they started doing some things we didn’t expect. They had races where the riders had to unsaddle their horses, run through the arena, re-saddle them and ride them as fast as possible to the other side. Our family was cheering and grinning. When they started to play musical chairs with the horses (no the horses did not have to sit down, the riders had to jump off their horse and land on the chairs) we were leaning forward on the bleachers to get the best view possible. When the riders started fighting over who got to the chairs first and horses were knocking chairs out from under the riders that were trying to jump on the chair, we were laughing out loud and yelling encouragement to the riders.
The more we watched their outrageous races, the more fun we had. Finally, they decided to stage a race they called “Riding the Hide”. In this race a large piece of buffalo hide was tied to a rope and pulled behind a trotting horse. They had some of the children of the workers lie down on the hide and get pulled across the arena. Suddenly, I saw a gleam of desire in some of my youngest sons’ eyes. I kept hearing little voices say things like, “If I could do that, I would yell for the horse to run faster”. As a mother, all I saw was dirt clods being thrown up in the air in front of the hide as it skidded across the arena. (At least I THINK they were dirt clods.) I could only watch and pray that the children being dragged around were keeping their mouths closed.
At the end, a crazily dressed “woman” (who was really a man) came out and begged to be pulled along on the hide. Of course this was all a set up, but nobody cared. The kids had all made the ride without mishap, but we knew we were all about to see someone get creamed. We were thrilled. Our crazy rider of course got pulled along so fast that he/she flipped off the hide and rolled head over heels as the horse raced off into the sunset. The rodeo announcer decided that they needed to call an ambulance, and out raced a horse with a flashing red light on top of its head. Then the cowboys all picked the limp body of the unfortunate rider off the ground and threw him/her over the horse’s saddle. Of course, they overthrew just a bit and a huge amount of falling and hanging upside down later, the horse finally got the “injured” rider back to the stables.
At this point the announcer thanks us all for coming and added that if there were any children in the stands that wanted to take a “ride on the hide” they could come to the gate and the cowboys would give them a ride. The eyes of my three youngest sons turned expectantly to my husband and me. The look was an unmistakable plea for us to understand their basic male needs for dirt, speed and close proximity to a horse. I saw my laundry pile growing bigger and bigger as my husband and I weaken. As I turned to my two older sons, they both shook their heads. It was pretty obvious to me that they would have loved to have ridden that buffalo hide, but they were slightly concerned that they might not look cool as they were being drug across the dirt. They were not quite ready to sacrifice their dignity for the sake of fun, but it was a struggle for them to come to this conclusion.
As we watched our little boys being pulled one by one behind the horse, we shouted encouragement, smiled and snapped pictures. They laughed, cheered and held on for dear life. Only one of them accidently let his toes down and lost a shoe, and only once did the horse break into a brisk canter instead of his slow trot, so I guess we can say that the whole event went off without a hitch. I just wish they had kept their lips tightly closed as the unidentified clods flew in front of them. Oh well, I guess that’s just one more job for Mr. Dental Floss and Mrs. Toothbrush.
Brendan on the hide
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Cody Rodeo Night
Patsy really, really wanted to take the boys to see a rodeo on our trip. I had read about the Cody Rodeo Night in Cody, Wyoming that runs every night during the summer months. It turned out we were in Cody the day of Brendan's Gotcha Day, his first year anniversary of being adopted. So what better way to celebrate?
The rodeo has everything you would want to see including bronco riding, bull riding, calf roping, rodeo clowns, women's barrel racing and our four youngest boys' favorite event, calf chasing. In this event all the kids twelve years old and younger get to go down on the rodeo field and chase three calves around trying to pull the flag off of their tails! None of our boys placed in this event, but they all had a blast trying!
On top of the rodeo, we celebrated the big day with frozen pizzas and our kids' new favorite - Sarsaparilla!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The Mayan
Right away our boys were in awe of the giant snake statues out in front of the place. Once inside we were sat in front of a pool with a faux mountain next to it. The whole restaurant surrounds this mountain and pool area, with balconies and terraces going up four levels in a treehouse like fashion.
The mountain and pool are central to this eating establishment because this is where the entertainment takes place. No, there was no human sacrifices nor were there any dire predictions about 2012. Instead we were thrilled to high divers jumping from around 30 feet in the air into the pool. For those who stand next to the pool you might get a little wet!
Another act involved a curtain dancer who also dived from her curtain perch. During her act one of the divers proposed to her from below while his friends held up a sign reading "WILL YOU MARRY ME?" After her act she dived in the water, climbed up on the rock where her beau was waiting with the ring. He got down on his knees in front of God and all the rest of us! She said yes! Of course my wife loved this little unexpected side show!
We did have a very fun time at the Mayan! Oh, and the food was good too - Mexican food if you were wondering.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Show us the Hole in the Wall!
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Saturday, November 13, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Noah - Site and Sounds Theater
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