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If you’re hosting visitors or just looking for something different, try these excursions you may have forgotten.  • Catfish Bay Water Ski Park’s 2008 water show is “Pirates of the Bay.” Shows run through Sept. 1. Times are at 7 p.m. Fridays through Aug. 29, with added shows at 2 p.m. July 4 and Sept. 1. The park is west of Cliff Avenue off Interstate 90. Tickets cost $7-$9. Call 339-0911 or visit www.catfishbay.com.
• Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History, 805 S. Kiwanis Ave., sports several new features, including an updated Asian cat exhibit, the return of bison and some new guests – reindeer and Pallas’ cats. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., with grounds cleared at 7 p.m. through September. Admission is $3.80-$6.80. Call 367-7003 or visit www.gpzoo.org. • Jesse James River Run Pontoon Rides run up Split Rock River from Split Rock Park in Garretson. It’s a 45-minute guided tour by owner Bruce Rekstad. Cost is $5-$7. Tours are available daily, but reservations are required. Call 594-2225. • Sertoma Butterfly House in Sertoma Park features hundreds of butterlies roaming free in the flight room. It is open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, with the rooms cleared at 6 p.m. Cost is $4.50-$6. Call 334-9466 or visit www.sertomabutterflyhouse.org. • Thunder Road Family Fun Park, 201 N. Kiwanis Ave., features go-karts, minigolf, a climbing wall, batting cages, water wars and human foosball. Prices vary. Hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday and noon to 11 p.m. Sunday. Call 334-4181 or visit www.thunderroad.info.
• EROS Data Center, the national archive of remotely sensed images of Earth’s land and surface, is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, with guided tours 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 594-6151 or visit http://eros.usgs.gov.• Adventurepark at Wild Water West has go-karts, paintball, minigolf, bumper boats, batting cages and a water park with slides a lazy river and a pool. Prices vary from $4.95 for a nonswimmer to $17.95. The park is open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Call 361-9313 or visit www.wildwaterwest.com. • And don’t forget the quiet charm of the Old Courthouse Museum, 200 W. Sixth St., and the Pettigrew House and Museum, 131 N. Duluth Ave. www.siouxlandmuseums.com |
