Vincennes & Evansville II

Saturday morning we headed to Vincennes and drove straight to Red Skelton. Rebekah was very excited about this.

So was I, actually. Yes, he was before my time but I remember watching him and appreciating his clean sense of humor.

On our way in we stopped by this monument. It's suppose to be a September 11th memorial representing the towers at impact. Ah, modern art.

But on to the museum. Rebekah had fun in the sound effects room. It's amazing to me all they did  with sound on their radio shows. So different from today. We seems to depend on sight.

Rebekah had fun talking to (or rather listening to) Red .

Daddy joined at the joke box (you opened the box to hear a recording of Red telling one of his jokes). Very funny stuff.

They also had a place where you could take a picture of your face and paint yourself like a clown. Rebekah loved that.

Presenting clown Rebekah:

They talked me into doing one.

I think I turned out ridiculously scary. But Rebekah seems to think I'm cute....

Then Rebekah tried on some of Red's hats.

There was a stage where you could try and fall like Red.

Rebekah can talk Don into doing anything.

I learned a lot about Red, from hard family times to his work with the war and soldiers and some great physical pain his body felt. He also wrote books and music. Of course there was a video of his famous Pledge of Allegiance.

At the end there was a bust of him. It was beautifully done, but with the sun shinning behind him I couldn't get the picture to do it justice.

Rebekah was a much easier shot.

One last picture with Red:

And the nice man at the gift shop sold us a ball for $1. Good thing Rebekah is cute enough to get us deals!

Then we picked up a little lunch and headed back to the Wabash to see where Lincoln crossed.

Right here mama! (Actually the park ranger suggested it was a couple blocks north of here but still....)

The man Lincoln:

Next we went to Grouseland to see the Harrison home.

They didn't allow pictures so I couldn't take a picture of an awesome shirt that said, "Hats and coats are for wimps" then had William Henry Harrison's picture underneath. I know, a little too much maybe but hilarious none the less.

Another view:

We checked out the old printing press. Amazing what they use to do to get people the written word.

We stopped by the cathedral which happened to be right by this sign:

The cathedral:

My cute family:

Then Don dropped me off to watch the movie about George Roger Clark and he took Rebekah to a park. Yeah. My husband loves me.

The movie (I had my own little private showing by the way) got over and Don and Rebekah were still playing so I got to take another glance at the Wabash.

On the way to the civil war monument we passed this:

Very cool.

At the civil war monument Rebekah attempted to fire the cannon, but the citizens of Vincennes were safe because thankfully the balls were stuck.

The monument:

Rebekah was getting tired of all this sight seeing and reading. She decided hide and seek was her game. Her first hiding spot:

Her second was less effective:

I attempted a selfie. Rebekah has her tongue stuck out most of the time these days.

Then we headed back for more swim.

The next morning we found a major highway leading back from Evansville and made good time. We did have to stop for lunch and a park. But what trip would be complete without a park on the way home?