Indiana Dunes--day 3

Thursday, May 30, 2019
Four people with opinions living in the same little hotel room is a bit of a challenge as the days go on.  People snoring, hogging blankets, putting their legs across the center line of the bed, leaving stuff all over the place, stinking up the bathroom, walking around not fully clothed, etc.  Mike wants the curtains completely closed; I like them all the way open.  He wants to keep the room at 66 degrees; I want it about 10 degrees warmer.  Noah ate sunflower seeds in the bed yesterday, which understandably made Sarah furious.  He claimed to clean them all out before they went to bed, but she woke up with sunflower seeds in her hair (she said it was 81 seeds, but upon counting again, it was only four, but still).  Heard just now: "Stop moving!" "YOU stop talking!"
Questionable weather today, so we're heading to Valparaiso to an amusement center with options for indoor fun.

Sarah got 164 on the Speed of Light game; Noah got 159; I got 155.  Mike didn't play.  It was so stressful, I almost had a heart attack. 

We ended up with 830 tickets.  Noah spent 400 on a Bears pennant. Sarah spent the rest, mostly on candy.

The cross on Mike's hat glowed during laser tag, so he was an easy target. Even so, he hit me more than I hit him.

Noah slaughtered us in laser tag.  He was Thor, Mike was Wolverine; Sarah was Robin, and I brought up the rear as Flash.  I'm really not good at laser tag. I get scared and scream a lot.  Noah is fast and stealthy.  

Noah had fun in the batting cages.

Noah lapped Sarah.  I'm pleased to see that she's a very cautious driver.  Gives me hope for when she starts driving real cars soon.

Mike and Noah enjoyed the Connect 4 Hoops game.

The weather turned out to be perfect when we left Zao Island, so we decided to make today the beach day instead of tomorrow.

Our own personal lifeguard with the biggest umbrella in history.

 

It took several tries to achieve this selfie.  We're still pretty selfie-challenged.

Sarah made sand castles.

After Noah got buried up to his neck, he was covered in sand and had to brave the freezing water to wash it off.

The hotel is starting to fall apart.  First, the elevator broke. Then the ice machine.  Just about time to get out of here.