Last of Vacation and Other Stuff

One Sunday of our vacation we got up early and went to Springfield. First we went to Crystal Caves. It was really neat. I had never been in a cave so it was really interesting to me and I learned a lot. Zane thought the rocks were cool. We took lots of pictures but I couldn't get any to up load today.
After the cave we went back to Bass Pro Shop and looked around some more. We all got a t-shirt and Zane got spring field rifle toy gun. He really loves it. We went to the museum they had there with a lot of taxidermy, then we went next door to The Wonders Of Wildlife. It was kind of like a little zoo all indoors. It had a mostly fish but a few other animals too. From there we went to out hotel and relaxed a while. We ate at a BBQ place that was really good. I got chicken and Curtis got a slab of ribs, but we couldn't eat it all. That night we went swimming in the indoor pool and Curtis and I sat in the hot tub for a bit while Zane played in the pool. The nest day around noon we headed home. It was 6 pm before we got to our house. We stopped once for gas and once to eat in Missouri and once in Kansas to switch drivers. We had a lot of fun and are planning on going canoeing again next year. I think more of my family is going to go next time so it will be even more eventful.

Last night Curtis and I had a sand volleyball game. It was really hot, but we survived. I can't say the same for Zane. He was playing on some rocks with some other boys and he fell down. He hit his head on one of the rocks and then tumbled down a few feet to the bottom of the rocks. He split his head open and was bleeding a lot. He didn't think he was going to survive but we got the bleeding stopped and he started feeling like there was a chance for survival.

This is a picture of him when we got home. The blood on his fore head is what ran down and dried. The cut is about a inch long but it is not very deep. He also hit and scratched his eye and he has lots of scratches on his arms, hands, and back. I gave him a shower last night and got him cleaned up a little bit. He is feeling pretty good today, but his cut still hurts a little.
This afternoon we have to go work at our 4-H clubs fireworks stand at Rees apple orchard. We were on vacation and missed the last meeting where they changed the time and failed to tell us. We had signed up to work 10-4 but now they are not starting till 1. I got up early just to get ready and get there and then we learned they changed the time. I guess this way we don't have to work as long but I could have slept in a lot longer it I had known the real start time.
I have to work all weekend, but Curtis and I are both off on the 4th. I don't know what we will do yet. We might just stay home and clean our house.
Randi