Yesterday, Craig, Teacher Daughter Lisa, and I went to a baseball game in the newly renovated baseball stadium, Loeb Stadium, at Columbian Park and Zoo in Lafayette.
It's beautiful and the home of the Lafayette Aviators, a collegiate summer baseball team.
The Aviators are a nod to Amelia Earhart who joined the faculty here at Purdue University in 1935.
She was a counselor in the Study of Careers for Women and Technical Advisor in the Department of Aeronautics and was still on faculty at Purdue when she disappeared in 1937.
Earhart with Purdue dignitaries at the Purdue Airport. (Photo from Purdue Archives.)
Even though I am not much of a baseball fan, it was a lot of fun.
But I couldn't help but think back to my childhood and teen years when I used to sit in these seats on warm summer days with my sister, Leslie. But we weren't there to watch baseball.
We were there to see show horses. Can you imagine a horse show being held right here on this baseball field? With horses trotting and cantering around the outfield? It's true - they did.
The location was listed as Columbian Park Recreation Center - also known as Loeb Stadium.
This horse show was the highlight of the summer for Leslie and me. Our mom used to drop us off at the stadium at noon with money for lunch and snacks, and we'd be in it for the long haul until the evening show was finished. Sunburned but happy, it was the absolute best day of the year for us.
More tomorrow. Stay 'tooned!
