A Fast Paced Week

A weekend ago, we took a trip north to see a few fun things.  Sunday, we focused on trains.  Our first stop was lunch at the Whistle Stop restaurant in Monon.  It had quite a few good exhibits around the yard, and it took a good long while to get through. 

 

Then up to the Hesston Steam Museum for their "Family Fun Day".  We were able to ride on 3 different sizes of steam engines for the day.  It was a blast.

Real steam

The smallest steam engine was really small - it was a 7 inch track and we were asked not to lean from side to side.

Then we finished the day with a quick trip to the light house at St. Joseph.

The next day was a beach day at Warren Dunes.  We brought 3 big buckets of sand toys, and that is all the boys cared to do all day.

By the end of the day, they worked out a pretty good hole!

Thereafter during the normal course of the week, I got this big monster for a super bargain.  I just finished installing the electrical, and need to work a bit on the air plumbing.

This most recent weekend, we went to the Indy zoo.
I need to teach those boys how to smile.

 Yesterday, I dug up my yellow jacket nest in the ground.  This is the top layer skimmed off, and there were 3 more layers below.  Thus, it was a rather small nest.

 

I used a new method of killing the hive - water plus soap - an earth friendly means bee death.

And just tonight, I discovered another underground hive near the driveway.  With these cooler temperatures, they are pretty sluggish, so that nest should be less intense to deal with.