Emergency Showcase

  We didn't have anything to do today, but I really wanted to go somewhere.  Well, one of the perks of living in town is that if you look around, there's always a possibility - today it was a little bigger than usual.  Overbrook was holding an emergency showcase - highlighting all the local emergency services.  We left on our walk, to the lake where it was being held, just in time to see LifeStar flying in - which got Shorty all excited!
  The best hands on activity was where you got to put out fires like a firefighter!

The flames were on hinges and would bend when the water hit them.

 There was a menagerie of emergency vehicles you could peek in:

A Jaws of Life demonstration:

A chance to get fingerprinted.  Excellent for Bubby, my spy wanna-be:

And then LifeStar took off!

It was thrilling to get to peek in the Highway Patrol helicopter...

Hooray for awesome (and free) activities in your own backyard!