Having Some Fun Near Westfield, Indiana

August 29, 2013

We arrived at White River Campground in Cicero, Indiana, on Tuesday afternoon.  We are here to visit our daughter Jennifer and her family.  They moved to Westfield, Indiana earlier this year and we were anxious to see their home and spend some time with them.

Here we are in our 5th wheel.

L to R: Me, Kitty, Grayson, Logan, Neil, Jennifer

Grayson (3 years old) and Logan (11 years old) are involved in a variety of activities in addition to their school achedules.  Grayson goes to preschool and takes horse back riding lessons, while Logan takes Japanese lessons, and both boys are taking swimming lessons.

Here is Grayson getting ready for his riding lesson.  With boots and and helmet on, he was ready to ride!

The riding lesson started inside.  Here, the trainer is getting the horse to trot and Grayson's helmet keeps slipping down over his eyes.  He thinks this is really funny and was laughing so hard the trainer had to stop the horse before Grayson fell off!

Then the trainer took them outside for some more riding.

Now this is typical Grayson multi tasking.  He's holding the horse with one hand and playing in the dirt with the other hand.  Check out those boots!

Photo by Jennifer

Friday, August 30, 2013

Today, while Logan is in school, and Grayson has Fridays off,  we went to see Conner Prairie located in Fishers, Indiana.  Conner Prairie is an interactive history park, with plenty of interesting things to see.  We were not able to see everything in one day, but we able to see the William Conner Homestead, the animal encounter barn, 1836 Prairietown, and an 1863 civil war raid on Indiana.

Here we are in the 1863 prairietown.

L to R: Jennifer, Kitty, Grayson, and me.

Here's Grayson in the animal encounter barn.

This carpenter from 1863 is making a gavel  on a lathe for the judge.  The lathe is powered by a foot pedal.

We didn't understand the process of separating wool to be spun until now!


This is a replica of Dupont, Indiana.  This town was located in southern Indiana when General Morgan and his confederates raided the town and burned the dry goods store.

We saw a video reenactment of the raid complete with some surprising special affects.  After the confederate raid on Dupont, the union army, together with a band of Hoosiers, chased General Morgan and his band of 3,000 men back across the river into Kentucky. Prior to this raid in 1863, Indiana was divided in the support of the civil war.  But, the confederate raid actually helped solidify Indiana in it's effort to support the Union and defeat the confederates.

It was a great day full of fun and interesting things to see.  This is one place we will have to visit again when we are back in this area!