An Alex Day, July 13th

Since Ashley was scheduled for a three day Fast Pitch Softball tournament and Dad coaches and Mom keeps score multiple time a week, we thought Alex might want to do something different for a change of pace. He did.

So we took him to Lake Geneva and Delavan, Wisconsin. He has liked horses for a long time now. So we thought the Dancing Horses Theater and Animal Gardens would be fun.

We had lunch at "Popeye's on Lake Geneva". They have bluegill on the menu. It was a good lunch and then off to the show.

Here Alex and Grandma wait for the start of the show.

The pictures are dark and poor because I used my cell phone camera. I assumed that photography would not be allowed, as in most theaters. But once we were in they said take all the photos you want. Just no videos.

These costumes were glowing plastic with a Spanish flavor. They were riding Andalusian.


This was a riderless Lipizzaner. It trotted under the turning ring as if a carousel horse. It would jump and kick to pose as if in a dream. There was a curtain of tiny bubbles falling from the ring as it spun.


These are six Arabians that were riderless just like a circus act. They were well trained too. This was their bow on our side.



And their bow on the stage right. The first horse was picking up the lady's purse.


Then the riders came out on curtain call in the last costumes they wore. The left is a Lipizzaner, the the Indian, the circus act, and the Spanish costume.


Then we went through the Animal Gardens and saw the trained parrots. One couple were oddly like Sally and I. The male was named Gregory (but she called him Greg) and he was 60 years old. His mate was not Sally. She was Rosie, and 71 years old.

There were exotic animals and baby animals. They had a calf named ...

Lucky No. 7. See the natural "7" on his forehead?

We took a hay ride around the pastures and then went to Lake Geneva for shopping.
Ask Sally about the unfortunate events