My town!

Today's is going to be short... I have not been feeling well the last few days. Anyway, Indy has an amazing park! I know I have mentioned it numerous times but it is a great park. We live only a few blocks away, which makes it an easy walk away. The park boasts "Beautiful Riverside Park has been the showcase of southeast Kansas since its inception in 1914."
Here is a brief history taken from the website:

Riverside park began as a drive along the river, sunken garden, and band stand. Citizens and civic groups soon added tennis courts (best in the state at that time), playground apparatus, zoo, picnic shelters, and swimming and wading pools. The focal point the was, and still is today, the magnificent sandstone Stich Shelter House constructed in 1917.
By 1925, the park was essentially laid out as it remains today. The years 1930 to 1940 saw great improvements through the efforts of the Work Projects Administration (WPA). From 1950 to 1956, the merry-go-round, miniature train, 1050 locomotive, bird aviary, and Susie the elephant, were added. In more recent years, the Lions Club Kiddy land, fire truck, jet plane, dinosaur, rose garden, miniature golf, Stevens small animal shelter, and a life-size Fiberglass Corythosaurus dinosaur, from the 1965 New York World's Fair have been the main additions.

The remarkable thing is the train ride is a dime, the Carousel is a Nickle and a round of mini golf is a dollar! This weekend was the Grand seasonal opening of the park. We were amazed at the turn out because it rained all morning. Here we are after enjoying a hamburger (a hot dog for Naomi). My husband is quite the ham.

"Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." Jeremiah 33:3