An afternoon in Paducah

After church Sunday, we ate a quick lunch at home and loaded the boys up in the van for a quick getaway. 

We headed to downtown Paducah, where nearly everything was closed on Sundays, and visited a neat little museum called the River Discovery Center. 

This compact attraction houses some fun hands on exhibits that were surprisingly kid friendly. 

The boys enjoyed pushing buttons, seeing some turtles and running around the movie theater while an informational movie played. 

Ollie snuglied the whole time.

The best part of the museum was a high tech boat simulator. Stephen drove a speed boat under a bridge. He took his task seriously and was quite nervous. Rockam was a more rowdy captain, growling with delight as he spun the steering wheel and sent our virtual boat spinning in donuts. 

Mommy even took a turn-- driving the speed boat at night! Pretty scary. Especially when your two year old is trying to jerk the steering wheel in the direction of a passing vessel. No photos of that, of course.

After the museum, we took a peek at a train...

And the river...