Family Day at the Zoo

Last weekend we went to the zoo, as we often do, and were pleased that they were celebrating Donna the Hippo's Birthday.  (She's the oldest Hippo in the world.) They had all kinds of fun stations set up for the children to participate in.  Miles only wanted to play in the water, so that's the kind of trip we had.  He played in the fountain and slip and slide, and we took our "free" paddle boat ride that comes with our membership.  We also made it to the giraffe exhibit as they had their feeding, so we finally got the opportunity to do that.  Lots of fun!!!

A Car-riffic Weekend!

We've returned from our weekend of cars.  Chris and the Dirty Escort team participated in the Firecracker 24, we went and saw Cars 2 in 3D, and visited the Lane Automotive Museum.

Chris' team drove really well and the engine ran strong.  They ended up breaking and changing the CV joint and were back in the race until 11:00 ish when the rear break drum broke.  All of the stores were closed for the night, so they went to sleep and stalked the auto parts store in the morning waiting for them to opening.  Chris purchased some parts just to find out that they didn't give him the parts for the "Pony" version of  the Escort, and none of the correct parts were available near Nashville Super Speedway.  Unfortunately that was the end of their race, so they packed up and stayed to cheer on our friends "KY Spirits."  (They came in 4th place with just a small fire to show for it.)

After the race was over we went and saw Cars 2 in 3D.  Which I think should be subtitled "Mater is AWESOME."  I loved the spoof on Bond films.  Miles really enjoyed the glasses after the movie was over, but wouldn't wear them in the movie.

To round out our Car weekend we went to the Lane Automotive Museum in Nashville.  It is by far the best auto museum that I've been to.  They pride themselves in displaying things that they've restored to run, but are necessarily polished with a diaper.  There were all kinds of really neat cars that I hadn't seen before.  They also had an original Harley and a military amphibious car carrier.  It even had a nice children's area with car related toys, so Miles had a ball.  They even had the car of the driver who played Doc Hudson in the original Cars Movie.  Miles really enjoyed the Citroen that you can take your picture in. 

What a car-riffic weekend!