We spent the middle of October 12th through November 3rd at the KOA of Indianapolis, Indiana. While in Indianapolis were had fun at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum, celebrated my birthday, played Monopoly on Halloween night, and treated two boys for strep throat. Indianapolis was one of our longest stays since we left in June but we spent most of the time at the campground working (since we had a reliable internet connection) on marketing and upgrades to websites for our business for the Christmas season and the fast approaching 2010 spring season.
Our main adventure in Indianapolis was The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis which is one of the largest in the world and we spent all day exploring the four levels of the museum. There were hands on activities with water activities, a planetarium, and an exhibit that taught the kids about Egypt. We rode in a pretend air plane to Egypt and learned about the lives of children in Egypt and how some aspects of their lives were not that different than American children. The museum included a section called The Power of Children: Making a Difference which Zachary learned about Anne Frank and her life hiding from the Nazis party and her life as described in her diary. The exhibit also included sections of Ruby Bridges, and, Ryan White. We discussed segregation and discrimination with the kids as we toured this exhibit in the museum. Carson’s biggest question was concerning Ruby Bridges and why the other kids would not play with her or allow her to sit with them in the cafeteria. We discussed segregation and why people wanted Ruby to be separated from the other children. He had a logical conclusion when I told him that the reason the kids were sometimes not nice to her was because of the color of her skin. He then asked me, “Mommy why does it matter if her skin is a different color?” I told him that it did not matter about the color of someone’s skin that everyone looked the same in God’s eyes. One of the most popular areas of the museum was the Scienceworks area which included water tables where the kids could control the water currents while sailing boats through the canals and locks along with a construction area where they could build towers with large Styrofoam blocks (which looked like bricks).
My 38th birthday was spent having lunch at Carrabba’s Italian Grill, which is one of our favorite places to eat for special occasions. After lunch we enjoyed a movie at the dollar theater where we enjoyed the Disney movie UP and large popcorn. One of our last stops before going back to the campground was a quick stop at Marshal’s where we purchased a coffee press and coffee so we could enjoy a cup of coffee for our late nights. We stopped and picked up a Red Box movie and enjoyed the rest of the night at the motor home. A very nice birthday spent with my family in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Before our trip to Walmart we used a gift card and a coupon to have dinner at O’Charley’s where we were able to eat for $18 and Carson got his favorite yummy yeast rolls with butter. The kids were able to wear their pirate costumes to dinner and Walmart, so even though they did not get to go trick or treating they enjoyed the costumes for the next few days. We did not have a neighborhood to go trick or treating for Halloween, so we took the boys to Walmart picked up a bag of candy and went back to the motor home and enjoyed a game of DVD Monopoly. Carson was winning when we stopped after 2 ½ hours, since he was able to buy the two most expensive properties and then put resorts on each.
The last adventure we had before leaving Indianapolis was a trip to Urgent Care with both boys. After three hours in a small lobby where I think that half the people had H1N1, they were checked for strep throat and we were told that they could possibly have the flu but they were not testing. Two days later we discovered that Carson’s throat culture was positive for strep throat, so both boys were given 10 days of Amoxicillin which meant that we would be extending our stay in Indianapolis. Once all the antibiotics were completed we started making our plans to leave Indiana for out next stop in Ohio to visit my sister and family.
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