Sand in the City

Today, we did several things but the "free" event of the day was the Sand in the City sand castle building competition.  The sand castles are very impressive and many of them look more like stone than sand.  We also had the opportunity to see a team of workers actually building a sand sculpture.  It is impressive, tedious work.

There were also a lot of activities for children as this was clearly a family oriented event.  They had sand for kids to play in, face painting, bounce houses and they even had a stage with The String Beans playing children's music. 

Overall, this was a fun event but it was not really suited to a one-year-old.  We also had to pay for parking and if this had been our only stop downtown, it might have seemed like a bit of a waste.  Fortunately for us, this was an event-laden day for downtown Omaha.

Actual cost: $7.00*

*Grandma paid for parking