You have to find out what is going on!! We were heading to get Halloween pictures made when Chad noticed there were two elephants on the side of I-24 (behind the trees). I didn't believe him and couldn't figure out why they would be there, but we had to find out. It took forever to get the pictures, but on the way home we drove back to the area where we thought they would be. A lot of cars were leaving and we went against the traffic and saw the sign "Circus Here Today." I thought we had missed it, but went up to the building to check only to find out there was another show in an hour. We had seen the lions and tigers in a cage from behind and saw the elephants inside too. We had already made plans to have Jennifer and her family over for dinner, but called her to see if they would rather come to the circus (in less than hour). We grabbed food at McDonalds across the street and got some cash out of the ATM and headed back over to get tickets. I fed Sutton in the car quickly before going in.
I hadn't been to a circus since I was little and don't have good memories. I remember being far away in a huge auditorium and being terrified of the loud noises that the motorcycles made as they rode around in the cage. This was a great circus. It was in a small building - the national guard armory - and there were about 4 or 5 rows around the center stage so we were all really close. Grant and Sophie loved it!!! They had elephant rides during the intermission and Chad took Sophie to ride ($12 wasn't bad for the chance of a lifetime...at least that is what they said:). Sophie wasn't scared at all and waved at Grant as they rode around. It is all she can talk about now...."I rode elephant with Daddy at the circus". She also talks about the dogs that jumped through the fire and climbed up a ladder and jumped. I'm so glad we made this impromptu decision.
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