Snow on the first day of spring?

Snow Globe, featuring Wildebeest

Snow? No, thank goodness, we’re talking about the arrival of snow globes on the first day of spring. The Vernal Equinox, if you will. One of only two days each…

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High standards

Well, here’s another job I wouldn’t want: Cleaning our water tower! Our 14-story water tower gets a bath. pic.twitter.com/lpAgHs8Sxn — Holiday World (@HolidayWorld) August 23, 2016 Our bright-yellow water tower…

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More calculations

Around here we kid around about each person’s “inner geek” coming out in our work. John knows every dimension of the new water tower. Will can explain the mechanical workings…

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I said I wouldn’t do it …

Painting water tower

… but here’s one last story about our new water tower. My husband is a dairy farmer … and he needed some equipment welded yesterday. The fellow he normally calls…

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Would you want this job?

Painting water tower

I tease a lot of the directors here at the park: I’m sure glad you like your job — I sure wouldn’t want to do it! Happily, not too many…

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That giant lightbulb in the sky

Water tower

The day has finally arrived! We all gathered around (along with a number of locals, who brought lawn chairs) and watched as … Teepee + Stack + Bowl = Water…

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Problem solving the high-tech way

Test ball

Wow! Will Koch is getting into this HoliBlogging — two days in a row! (He cautioned me not to expect something every day. We’ll take what we can get, right?)…

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Up, up and away!

Unpainted water tower

It’s noisier than usual this spring. There’s a giant contraption being assembled right across the street in our Legend parking lot. And it looks like a hot-air balloon: Actually, it’s…

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