With Mama heading back to work today, Papa was given the opportunity to stay at home this week with Daniel. They had a very exciting day all planned out.
After stopping by Ford to wrap up some loose ends, they headed down to Elizabethtown to go geoaching. Little did Papa know that the trail he selected for today was roughly eight miles long. It wound through the woods and around Freeman Lake and they got 15 caches along the way. There were frequent stops, of course, to throw rocks into the lake and to check out the wildlife. They saw bluegill, turtles, tadpoles, frogs, woodpeckers, and some lizards. Papa got a workout as he carried Daniel on his shoulders for roughly seven of those miles.
Afterwards, they headed up to Clarksville to visit Frank Kimmel Racing (http://www.frankkimmel.com/) so Daniel could see some real-life race cars. He's been watching them on the weekends with Papa and is already a Mark Martin ("Mark Mark") fan. For those who don't know, Frank Kimmel is a 9-time ARCA Champion and has raced occassionally in the top tiers of NASCAR. The folks at FKR were awesome and allowed us to have free reign of their shop. Mr. Kimmel was there turning wrenches with the rest of his crew and went out of his way to show the boy around. He even let Daniel sit in one of his racecars and posted the picture on their website. Papa has never seen Daniel smile so big in all his life. With Mr. Kimmel's car being yellow like Mark Martin (and they both have gray hair), Daniel said, "Thank-you Mark-Mark" when Mr. Kimmel handed him an autographed fan card. He got a big kick out of that and said he's definitely been called a whole lot worse. All of the folks at the shop were exeptionally nice and it was a great visit!
Who knows what else is in store for the rest of the week!
Daniel and the Champ!
1 comment:
Sounds and looks like Daniel had a great first day with papa. How can you top that today? Have a great day and Happy Anniversary.
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