The Big Top

On Saturday we saw Circus Vargas.  It was a really small circus with no animals but several smaller acts.  Danny got his face painted during the intermission. Grrrrr

Our Final Day

The Hot Springs

On our second day we saw the hot springs.  As a kid Mom and Dad took us to French Lic, Indiana to see a hot springs.  I was pretty young but I remember having a soak on a hot spring tub which smelled like sulfur.  They thought it would be good for my health but instead it felt like I was going to have an asthma attack.  It smelled like rotten eggs here too.  Once you got used to it it wasn't so bad.  If you look closely, you will see a bird in the bottom right picture.  I was surprised that birds could walk on the hot ground.  I would have thought it would be too hot for them. 

The Paint Pots

The Paint Pots were pretty neat.  The reason they pools of water are different colors is because in different temperatures, different colored bacteria live.  The hottest water is blue and the coldest is red.

Unfortunately on the walk from the car to the pots Danny had his hands in his pockets and fell, scratching his chin. Justin carried him back to the car for about 1/4 mile and we got him all bandaged up.  He insisted on holding my hand while we walked around the pots.  He was such a trooper.  We were very proud of him that he didn't want to give up and go home.

There is Beauty All Around

 

Us

More photos of us.

My Commentary On Man

So as we are driving through the park there are big areas where you could see there had been a fire.  So, I got this brilliant idea to photograph to be used as a commentary on man's carbon footprint or something like that that a tree hugger might buy.  Anyway, this is the photo but it didn't turn out the way I wanted it to.