super bowl festivities

everyone knows Indy hosted the super bowl... which is now over, but it's not too late to post about it.

Indy transformed part of its downtown into a super bowl activity zone.  one thing they put up was a zip line, which I volunteered at a couple times.  to my delight, they starting letting the volunteers go down the zip line after their shift... so of course I had to go for a ride.

the zip line, in all her glory.. standing about 100 ft tall.

harnessed up and ready to climb the stairs to the top.  brittany and I work at the same place and volunteered together.  I would say we were both excited, yet a little nervous for the initial step off at the top.

the view from the top.  as you went down the zip line, the people below all cheered and some snapped pics, which added to the fun of the whole experience.

safely on the ground, looking back at the zip line tower way in the distance.

chad and I also went down town on friday night (the busiest night of all!) to go to the NFL experience and walked around the very crowded streets.  it was fun to be amid the action and see so many people fill the streets of Indy.  outside of every nice steakhouse and hotel gathered crowds of people, hoping to get a glance at someone famous.  a couple times we stopped for a minute, thinking that someone was going to step out any minute, then realizing it's not that important and kept walking.  why is it such a big deal to see a famous person?  it's kind of a funny concept to me...

inside NFL experience.  you could stand in a long line and get up close and personal with the Vince  Lombardi trophy... we decided to take it in from a distance.

monumental circle where the roman numerals stood.

the concept of all the hoopla that goes into one game is interesting to me too.  so much time and money for one sunday afternoon?  I guess the city of Indy is technically a better place to live now, due to all the super bowl projects that took place, and now many people have visited Indy who maybe never would have... but it still seems like a lot of work for one football game to be played so one team can win a trophy.  but I took part in it all and it was fun, so maybe that's the simple point of it all... it's fun and entertaining and we like to be entertained.

... but now it's back to normal life for downtown Indy, where you can park for less than $20 and the restaurants actually have reservations available...  :)