Thanks so much for praying for Ryan's grandpa yesterday. The surgery did go well and it appears he is on the road to a good recovery. They'll keep a pretty close eye on him in the days to come to make sure he doesn't develop infections and complications, but for the moment, all appears to be going well! Ryan and I spent the day at the hospital and got to see him both before and after surgery; I'm glad we were able to go!
Today I wanted to show you some of the pictures from our day of touring Greensburg! Ryan and I decided to stay in Kansas one extra day beyond all the wedding festivities, and we were the only ones who stayed that long, so it was a tour for four around the big city.
We visited all the cute little shops around town, but I'll pick up the photo tour at the Big Well. In case you're unfamiliar with the Big Well, I'll fill you in. It's the world's largest hand dug well, constructed in the late 1800's. It's 109 feet deep, and it turns out that if you have a fear of heights, this also translates to a fear of depths. I was pretty anxious for the whole climb, so Ryan took over the picture taking so I could concentrate on...you know...breathing.
Here's the Big Well Building from the outside:
We added a pin to Kokomo!!
Before the tornado, the well was mostly a visual experience. You could look through a cover down into it, but you couldn't go down the stairs into the well anymore. {I heard they were old and scary, so it was kind of okay that they closed it.} After the tornado, they built new stairs and opened it for business again.
There's a whole museum, too, which includes the complete history of the well, dating back to the 1800's, and it also includes a bunch of tornado memorabilia and even video clips from the news stations the night of the tornado.
We went down inside...I freaked out.
Photo from the bottom.
{No, they didn't have to hoist me out with the cable.}
You can also climb up into an observation area to look out over the town...and look way down into the very very bottom....
And after all that climbing and descending, we felt it was only appropriate to visit the old fashioned soda fountain. {PLEASE NOTE: RYAN AND I SHARED THE HUGE SUNDAE.}
We spent the rest of the day with Lori and Jeff, watching the Olympics, and then it was time to say our goodbyes...to them and to Murph. :(
It was a great extra day to stay...thanks for hosting us, Lori and Jeff!
4 comments:
That is a cool museum! I love the views into the well - and man oh man that sundae looks wicked good!
Tamar - I can't get over the fact that they dug it by HAND! Back in the day, when you could only look down inside, you really didn't have a concept of how wide it was. It looked more like the top of a lighthouse back then - narrow, narrow, narrow. I was shocked that all of that was dug up by hand. Unreal! And as for the sundae, well...it was extraordinary. And huge. They have one called the EF5 {named after the tornado} that is a GALLON of ice cream in a bowl and if you eat it in 30 minutes, it's free. Yeah. Didn't try that.
Our pleasure. Sorry that a whole town tour only takes a couple of hours. And that's if you go slow.
LOL! I'm sorry we forgot the bike tour! Now it will be another 5 years before I have a chance to ride a bike! {Okay maybe an exaggeration.}
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