Tourists in Indy

In keeping up with our mission of being tourists in our own city (something we once read about in an airline pocket magazine) we took our kayaks out to Eagle Creek Reservoir to get some rowing time. I was not as good as I had been because I did arms and rowing at the gym before we went- oops!  Jackson did a lot more rowing on his boat while I did a lot of sunbathing and thinking on mine. It was really nice and a gorgeous day.

We were really impressed with Eagle Creek Park; we'd never spent much time there. It is a huge park! We drove through and found all kinds of trails to come back and hike with MacKenzie. We already know she loves hiking so there shouldn't be any surprises like jumping off the boat- HA!

On the way home (we took the long way to the park and home to 1. avoid the interstates and 2. to see things I hadn't seen before- keeping with the tourist theme) we stopped at the Flowing Well Park in Carmel. I had heard that the water was amazing there. As you can some man agreed and was filling up a lot of jugs of the water to take home. You can also kind of see a little kid behind Jackson helping himself to a drink. Jackson didn't love the water and, after smelling it, I opted not to drink it. It smelled like the water in Upland; no thank you! It was fun to see the park anyway.

We came home to play with MacKenzie (she only had 3 balls ready for us) and do some cleaning before heading back out to continue our fun day. We went up to Jason's Deli for dinner. It was delicious. (We'd been there a few times in Denver, but not to the new one in Indy. Note: You get free ice cream with every meal- Jackson was in love.) From there we headed over to the Fashion Mall to go to the Keystone Art Cinema and saw "Seeking a friend for the End of the World." The movie was a snooze (in my opinion- Jackson liked it), but the theatre was really nice. It had a coffee bar- with the best hot chocolate ever- and a very adult clientele. We loved that no teenagers were causing issues (yes, I know that loving a place without teens makes me old. Whatever.). We really enjoyed the place and will go again.

We had a really fun day being tourists in our hometown. I encourage you all to try it. We spent less than $50 and had a lot of new, fun experiences.