This day was Dad's idea. He said the one thing he wanted for Father's Day was for his whole family to get together and enjoy an afternoon at Cantigny. Cantigny is a special park dedicated to remembering and educating visitors about soldiers who've fought for our freedoms.
This day was Sunday and it followed a morning at church. We all met up at the playground for a picnic and some play. Unfortunately, this was probably our yuckiest day weather wise. We got rained on and covered in mud, but it was actually still a really nice day.
Cantigny is probably most known for its huge collection of real tanks. They are scattered all around the park and are super fun to climb and play on. I totally remember doing this as a kid myself.
Cantigny also has this great museum that teaches its visitors about the modern wars our country has fought in by recreating scenes from them. We walked through the trenches, Normandy Beach, the jungle of Vietnam and the desert of Iraq, seeing sights and hearing sounds that gave us a tiny idea of what it may have been like to be in these places. It sounds sort of intense, but our younger kids were distracted by a scavenger hunt activity that the museum provided.
Hopefully I can speak for everyone when I say that the opportunity to get together as a whole group was another highlight of the trip-- even though crummy weather tried to thwart our outdoor plans.
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