Bring on the heat. From here on out it will reach 100 or thereabouts each day for the rest of our time in Chelan.
So I took August for a long walk this morning when it was only in the 80s. We walked under the bridge and through Riverwalk Park, ending up at the ranger station. We sat at the picnic table, looking up lake for a few minutes. August pointed out all the buoys we could see.
We then walked back the other side of the park and went to the boat launch. We watched a few dogs play in the water and a couple boats get launched. I would load up my hands with little rocks and pieces of wood and we would walk out on the dock and August would throw them into the water.
On our way back we stopped at the Fox and Quail and got iced lattes for Carly and my mom. And I took photos of the lunch/dinner menu. I asked the waitress for an extra straw and has her give it directly to August. We hurried home so the lattes wouldn’t melt.
He was looking tired – he stared at the ground those last three blocks – but perked up for awhile to play with the vacuum cleaner and watch my mom use it.
He then spent a lot of time playing with the dryer both before and after his nap.
As it reached the hottest point of the day, we decided to head to the city park. Carly took the floaty things we bought a couple summers back floated in the lake while August and I played in the park. He played in the lake for awhile, then we went up to the grassy area and played in a picnic shelter, where there was a tiny puddle on the ground. We went back to the lake for a few minutes, then walked through much of the rest of the park, looking for a drinking fountain. He liked the basketball hoops and also the rap music that some guys were playing really loudly.
Carly finished with her floating and we then walked to the drive-in. Carly got ice cream and I got an iced tea. We sat and enjoyed those before heading back to the car.
We stopped by Safeway and bought a bunch of fruit and garlic bread for dinner, then headed home.
At dinner August ate pork chop and cauliflower for the first time.
After dinner he had fun doing handstands as Carly held his feet, and used the push broom outside on the deck.
He fell asleep about 8:30.
Morning:
Morning walk:
Sitting at the ranger station:
Back home:
Don Morse Park:
Little puddle:
Back home:
