Wednesday, August 5, 2009

On Getting Old -- 33















Today is the last day before our Arizona family leaves for Michigan. What activity does Grandma have lined up for us today? She has been talking to our next door neighbor, and it looks like the Pirates Cove in Elk Grove Village is our next destination. We never heard of the place. Of course not having little ones around the house, we wouldn’t be tuned into such places.

A thirty minute drive and we’re at the entrance. Adults are free, but the children have to pay a fee, a nice switch for a change.

Pirates Cove is an ideal site for little kids. The boys don’t know where to turn to first. There’s a carousel, and slides of all kind. There are trains that will chug you around the park, and there are trains you can crank yourself around the track. How about climbing a rope ladder or scaling a wall. It’s all here and more.

The hot dog stand is calling us. So a brief respite for some nourishment including a Popsicle, and we’re off again.

I tell myself this daily candy sure makes the trek to old age a lot more palatable.
Ciao

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