The Beacon

Last night, Eddie and I took the kids down to Kokomo, Indiana to see We-Care park. We used to live in Kokomo and we have many fond memories of the stop light capital. We-Care park is one of those memories. Thanksgiving weekend is the opening weekend.

The premise behind this is the We Care charity down in Kokomo. The owners of We care park, Mike and Nancy Wyant, Make this amazing Light display in their yard, and the neighbors end up getting involved as well. To give you some perspective, this year he has literally 1,000,000 lights in his yard alone!

First, you drive though. Santa and Mrs. Claus meet you in the middle where they hand out candy canes to the kids and dog treats to the dogs. Then, you park where you can and walk through to see all of the little displays. And, inevitably, there is the Hope doll, the symbol of We Care. Here is the story:

While going through some bags of donated toys, Jan Buechler noticed a doll that fell out of the bag. It was worn, clothes and hair tattered, and a stain was on her cheek where there had once been a tear. She decided to display the doll during the local telethon that year in 1986. It was bought and promptly returned to be sold again the following year. This has become a tradition for the We care charity.

Now, for the infamous Holstein twist...

We decide to take a little cruise through Kokomo for memory's sake. As we drove, I noticed a beacon light in the sky. I told Eddie about one of my memories as a kid was driving with my father and tracking down the source of the light. Eddie, being impulsive and fun loving, said,"Let's Find IT!!!"

We drove for about 3 miles till we came to the south side of town. Eddie looked over and exclaimed,"I found it!" We came to a light and then he said,"Uh...I don't think you're gonna like it."

"We have to see this!", I said, excited and laughing.

Imagine our amazement as we drove up to the source of the Beacon...Big Daddy's II...A gentleman's show club. I suddenly felt a blog post coming on...;)

Well, that was our Thanksgiving adventure. We had fun...We had adventure...I hope your Thanksgiving was great! TTFN!!!