Homefront - Outdoor fun at Burdette Park

It's almost summer and the weather was just perfect for any outdoor activities and it was also Saturday morning with a temperature of around 78 F. and by 3 pm per the weather ch. it's going to be around in the mid 80's. Since we are so far away from any of the beautiful beaches because of our unfortunate location, I told my husband to find out if Burdette park is operating and to find out their hours etc. After checking that out, I told my son that we might go to Burdette park and he was all excited and raring to go immediately. I told him to take a quick bath and we were all set to go.

Initially the park was not as busy but we did see CSX, were having a Company's picnic and we thought, as soon as they are done, the park is going to be packed with CSX employees and families. The park is about 140 acres and there are attractions after attractions for young kids and adults alike. Examples are, http://www.vanderburghgov.org/Index.aspx?page=147

As for us, we were mostly at the aquatic center. Burdette Park Aquatic Center offers something for everyone in the family. One of the largest Aquatic centers in the Midwest features a large Olympic pool with two diving boards. There is a vast family pool with two breathtaking slides, and a children's pool with mushrooms, frogs and snakes to slide and play on which will keep their interest while being closely guarded by a skilled team of guards and EMT's. There is even an exciting interactive Spray Park for kids, a lazy river raft ride and an awesome speed slide to delight the more adventurous. In reality, this is the closest and cheapest means of having fun but we do also have Splashing Safari Holiday World which is about 45 mins drive and pretty expensive. http://www.holidayworld.com/.

We were at Burdette park for 5+ hours and my son was reluctant to leave, but after a lot of persuasion and promise of an ice cream at Dairy Queen, he was ready to leave. Not a trace of his winter skin was seen after spending so many hours in the sun, and of course his dad looks more like a cooked lobster! It was fun and it was a wonderful way to have a wonderful day.