Martin Skate Park at Riverview Park

This is a unique aspect of Riverview Park.  It looks like it took considerable work to put this thing together.  No bikes, just inline skates and skateboards.  

Elkhart Park: Riverview Park

 This is primarily a baseball park.  There are four diamonds with the backstops together.  There is also a playground.  There is also a skate park.  There are a few picnic tables and lots of trees beyond the ball fields.  River View School is next to the park and it is accessible with more Playground and basketball courts.  There is not a view of the river.  It is about four blocks away.  

playground

bongos

spinning apparatus

Restaurant Review: Elkhart: Biebs and Ash Smashburger

 This is a restaurant with a couple of locations.  We visited in downtown Goshen.  There is another Biebs and Ash in Mishawaka.  They also have a food truck.

They specialize in smash burgers.  They really are very good.  The burger is smashed in addition to the bun.  This results in the burger extending past they edge of the bun.  I had the Bieb burger and it was very good.  Their fries are also good.  A bit pricey for burgers, but well worth it.  They also have chicken and fry upgrades.  They have appetizers and salads.  They also have a children's menu.

Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County Rest Area, West Bound.

 This rest area is at mile marker 17 on the I80 in Iowa.  It appears to be an older and smaller rest area.  There is no theme that I could see. 

Cleveland Temple Open House

 We visited the open house this last week.  We thought it started at 10 and got there about that time to be told it actually started at 12 and 10 on Saturdays.  However we waited and went through.  It was a very good experience.  There is great peace in the temple, even before it has been dedicated.  We also walked around a cou0le of times, and the kids explored the forest on the temple grounds.  Pictures not allowed in the temple but we took lots of the exterior.  We had a good time.  I made it a point to meet many missionaries, and had ties with any of them.  There were at least three from Shelley, Idaho.  Another from Herriman.  I love the missionaries and I love the temple.  Cleveland is a small temple, but it still has all the ordinances and all the priesthood will be there.