500 Parade and Crash-a-Rama

On May 29th, my mom, dad, Josh and I went downtown to watch the 500 Festival Parade. Josh likes parades so much I decided that I would brave the traffic and crowds to see it. Actually, I have never been to the parade. I have always watched it on TV.





Josh loved everything about it. The floats, ballons and especially the marching bands.

Chinese Dragon Ballon

Josh, Grandpa, and Grandma (It tooks 24hr for grandpa to get feeling back into his shoulders. Just kidding!)



When we got home Josh and I made a parade in the living room.

Now, for Crash-a-Rama! This was at the Speedrome here in Indy. The premise of Crash-a-Rama is to basically destroy as many vehicles as possible. It was a blast! Josh is still talking about it.

This was the last ride on this school bus before it was destroyed during the School Bus Figure 8 race.

WooHoo! This is gonna be fun!

Grandpa, Grandma, Josh, and Daddy

The night started with this car destroying a trailer.

Followed by a skid car race. What is a skid car? Well, the rear wheels are removed and a piece of metal is attached like a ski. Basically, all you see is a trail of sparks as the cars race around the track. The best part was that the debris from the destroyed trailer wasn't removed from the track and the mattress kept getting stuck under the cars.

Aunt Jane, Josh and Granma

School Bus Figure 8! It was a big hit with Josh. By the end of the race (who knows who won) they just turned it into a domolition derby till only one of the buses was able to move.

Matt and I really like the trailer race. Here vehicles tow a boat or trailer behind them as they race around the track. None of the boats or trailer were more than a pile of junk which made them perfect to destroy.

As the boats and trailers banged around on the track and eventually they separated from their vehicles. Here a car with its' trailer still attached ran over the pop-up trailer.

This car picked up a little something on his hood.

Josh was very upset about the truck catching fire. He asked about a million questions about it.

After the trailer race there was a demolishion derby. The night ended with a really nice fireworks display. We had such an awesome time. We are definitely doing this again.

Matt, Jenny and Josh