Indianapolis Brickyard Battle - Day 2!

We used this morning to do a little site seeing.  Unfortunately the capital building was closed but we were able to climb the twenty flights of stair in the soldiers and sailers monument and get a great view of the city.  

This is a few flights up!

And here is the view of the capital from the top!  And the blue mirrored building is our hotel!  

We also saw this but I am not sure what this was!  I can't seem to find any information.  

We also walked through the Indiana War Memorial Museum.  It was very interesting and had a beautiful amphitheater in the building.  

The first game of the day was similar to yesterdays second game, they had a great first set but seemed to struggle in the second.  (One update - this is the team we ended up tied with for 19th out of 32 teams at the end of the tournament.)  

One cool bonus from today, Matt's aunts and uncles live in the area and had gone to the football game and came over to see their second game of the day.  They were super tired and I have a funny photo showing that but I won't share!  One of Matt's aunt got a couple good photos from today too!  

They brought some positive vibes and Mason's team won their game!  They took it to the third set and kept their focus for the win!  (Update - this team ended up a few ranks below Mason's team, 25th, out of the 32 teams in their pool.)

And although they were hungry (literally, it was past dinner time!), they kept their focus and pulled off a strong win!  Funny enough, this team was also called Flight Academy which is why our team was called FAV for this tournament (Flight Academy Volleyball).  (Update - this team was tied for the bottom of their pool.)

After the game they took a photo in front of the banner and were feeling positive about their effort.