Roaming Octopus Adventure — Day 1
Saturday, September 1st, 2007Today was my first full day with Bubs’ octopus. I’ll let her tell you how the day went.
Today was a neat day! I got to travel to a whole other state! Ashley decided she wanted to buy a new Nintendo DS game. She looked up a few things on the internet, and finally she decided she’d just buy Diner Dash since she’s wanted that one for awhile anyway. I thought this was a good choice. I just wondered if there would be a seafood restaurant on the game….
Ashley, Colin, and I drove up to Evansville, Indiana to go shopping. Apparently, there’s not a lot of good places to shop locally according to Ashley. I guess she goes shopping in Evansville a lot. I might even get to go back there before I leave to go home.
To get to Evansville you have to cross the Ohio River. They are working on re-painting the bridges right now. Ashley said they’d gotten kind of grungy looking. Going over the river was fun. It looked really cool and refreshing. The water was so sparkly! I’d have loved to swim around in there (although I know it’s not exactly the same as ocean water).
After crossing the river we were in Indiana! We went to Chick-Fil-A first so Ashley and Colin could get something to eat. They love to eat there. Ashley does this weird thing where she dips her fries in mayonnaise. 
After eating, we all went over to GameStop so Ashley and Colin could each buy a new game. They had Diner Dash for Ashley, and Colin got a cute looking detective game.
On the way home from Evansville, I got my picture snapped in front of the welcome to Kentucky sign. I think Kentucky needs a better welcome sign right there. It was kind of small and not very noticeable with all the other signs that were around. We went over the bridge again. This time, we went over the south bound side where two lanes of traffic have been turned into three! That was a little scary. I just focused on the Ohio River and how pretty it was instead of thinking about how everyone was squished together on that bridge!
Ashley’s dad drives a race car at a local race track on the weekends sometimes. He had been having some problems with his car, but luckily he got it straightened out and was able to race tonight. I have never been to a race before! It was exciting! There were so many cars, and food, and people! Ashley’s dad was running 4th in the first race, but he got kind of greedy and pushed his car too hard and got spun around. He still finished the race in about 6th place though. In the feature race, he came in 7th out of 16 or so cars. He didn’t wipe out, and he passed several people! Yay!
Ashley and I got home late (like 12:30). It’s time to go to sleep. Maybe Pouncy will snuggle with me!
My Roaming Octopus Photo Set can be found on Flickr. Check it out for more octopus adventures!
