Life with the Green's: July 2011

A few weeks back we took several days and went to Indiana and for the first time ever our trip wasn't primarily to visit family but to visit Indiana. We spent 3 great days around Turkey Run State Park...hiking, canoeing/kayaking, horseback riding and go-karting. We had wonderful weather, low humidity and the temperature was just around 80 degrees...perfect. The boys took kayak's out and Ted, Emily and I were in a canoe. What a peaceful day. We stop several times to play on sandbars where we swam, skipped stones and found Indians beads and rocks that we were sure had some purpose by an Indian. We went go-karting several times which was a blast! Horseback riding was on our agenda, after an hour in the saddle we wondered how we would hike...but eventually our legs returned to normal. Logan had the most hilarious horse. As soon as we head out of the coral his horse starts coughing like it it going to drop dead any moment. I asked the guide if his horse was okay, turns out he just has hay fever!! Go figure a horse that is allergic to hay! Ha! Then when he hoarse wasn't coughing it was farting. Logan had the gassiest horse I have ever been around. Let's just say Logan was matched perfectly with his horse! We spent a few hours at Billy Creek Village, an old time village set in the late 1800's. We wandered through the old stores, school house/church, farmstead, etc. We drove around Parke County listening to Ted reminisce about his youth. We saw many Amish farmers out working. We visited the Narrow's Bridge where Ted proposed to me almost 20 years ago! On our last day we spent on Ted's brother Bill and his wife Darla's boat. The kids loved being pulled by the tube!

Emily searching for skipping stones