Boise Idaho
6/16
Thursday
got back out pedaling after making blueberry pancakes, by 9 am. Have packed up the Burley to go off exploring. We made it 2.5 miles, found the BMX track again and Erik HAD to have a GO at it again. wearing long pants this time and gloves, he did much better both staying upright and not fussing when he fell. one other little guy was not so lucky on the flat's of the path, he wiped out and fortunately only bellowed for a little while before a parks and rec cart came along to give him and his bike a lift back to his parents. wrenched my ankle AGAIN. got an emergency ice pack out of the first aid kit, and applied it until all the cold was gone. then we progressed on to the Veterans Memorial Park, Both boys nearly equally frustrated with me that we were not stopping more than to get a drink. Pedaled on and then had to make an emergency stop, Erik had bent his chain guard and the chain was rubbing on a bolt, fixed that and peddled on to the Ann Morrison park to play in the sandy beach and river, water was very cold, felt great on my ankle, if it were not for my tummy rumbling and my bladder screaming, could have spent another hour in the cold river. Made some PBJ's and then on to the AWESOME playground for a couple hours of fun, the squirrel was back, but I was wise to his shenanigans, I buttoned down the cart, so he tried hard to get in but was deterred. rotten little rodent. Found a toilet. they are pretty readily available. about 1 / mile, along with clean sanitary water fountains and trash cans. Finally Erik got to go to the Fountain. he LOVES the fountain. Magnus got soaked, slipped an fell, hitting the back of his head, and decided to call it a day. but Erik kept playing long past 6 pm. some 'guy' shows up with a live snake, MONSTER size, he is definitely the snake type. tat's and black beard, no shirt, no shoes, just baseball hat on backwards and mountain bike shorts. quite the effect on the local park crowd, did I mention the pony tail? ;-)
Magnus is taking his siesta, Erik lost interest in the fountain, wants to return to the play area, so I gathered Magnus up, still sleeping and reclined his Burley, stuffed a pillow in the corner, and he is still snoozing in his cart, and we are back at the playground. Erik is smacking down his PBJ, finally, hunger out wins attention. he has found a "friend" and they are hanging out. Erik finds more friends than I find projects to do. he is off again, scampering with the natives. ;-)
.....RAIN.....
well, it happened, the first time in 12 weeks of use, we got hit with rain and water - resistant does not even come close to meaning water proof. where the pillows touched the tent, the water seeped in, and where the rain bonnet touched the tent, the rain dripped in. so at 2 am, I popped into the car, ran to a 24 hour Wal-Mart super center, looked first in the sporting goods, no luck, looked in the paint (drop cloth) no luck, finally found one in the RV section with the toilet blue and the bungee cords, and bought a 10x20 tarp and dashed back and unfolded the precious item, draped it over the tent, the folding camp chairs, and then drove over one end so that it was anchored and then climbed back inside. took one of the boys dirty t-shirts and sopped up the worse of the water inside and took the pillow cases off and hung them from the suspended nest to dry, and curled up with the DVD player and watched 1/2 of the first disk of Pride and Prejudice for 1.5 hours waiting to make sure we were not soaked in our sleep. it worked perfectly and so we were just a little moist by morning.
Thursday
got back out pedaling after making blueberry pancakes, by 9 am. Have packed up the Burley to go off exploring. We made it 2.5 miles, found the BMX track again and Erik HAD to have a GO at it again. wearing long pants this time and gloves, he did much better both staying upright and not fussing when he fell. one other little guy was not so lucky on the flat's of the path, he wiped out and fortunately only bellowed for a little while before a parks and rec cart came along to give him and his bike a lift back to his parents. wrenched my ankle AGAIN. got an emergency ice pack out of the first aid kit, and applied it until all the cold was gone. then we progressed on to the Veterans Memorial Park, Both boys nearly equally frustrated with me that we were not stopping more than to get a drink. Pedaled on and then had to make an emergency stop, Erik had bent his chain guard and the chain was rubbing on a bolt, fixed that and peddled on to the Ann Morrison park to play in the sandy beach and river, water was very cold, felt great on my ankle, if it were not for my tummy rumbling and my bladder screaming, could have spent another hour in the cold river. Made some PBJ's and then on to the AWESOME playground for a couple hours of fun, the squirrel was back, but I was wise to his shenanigans, I buttoned down the cart, so he tried hard to get in but was deterred. rotten little rodent. Found a toilet. they are pretty readily available. about 1 / mile, along with clean sanitary water fountains and trash cans. Finally Erik got to go to the Fountain. he LOVES the fountain. Magnus got soaked, slipped an fell, hitting the back of his head, and decided to call it a day. but Erik kept playing long past 6 pm. some 'guy' shows up with a live snake, MONSTER size, he is definitely the snake type. tat's and black beard, no shirt, no shoes, just baseball hat on backwards and mountain bike shorts. quite the effect on the local park crowd, did I mention the pony tail? ;-)
Magnus is taking his siesta, Erik lost interest in the fountain, wants to return to the play area, so I gathered Magnus up, still sleeping and reclined his Burley, stuffed a pillow in the corner, and he is still snoozing in his cart, and we are back at the playground. Erik is smacking down his PBJ, finally, hunger out wins attention. he has found a "friend" and they are hanging out. Erik finds more friends than I find projects to do. he is off again, scampering with the natives. ;-)
.....RAIN.....
well, it happened, the first time in 12 weeks of use, we got hit with rain and water - resistant does not even come close to meaning water proof. where the pillows touched the tent, the water seeped in, and where the rain bonnet touched the tent, the rain dripped in. so at 2 am, I popped into the car, ran to a 24 hour Wal-Mart super center, looked first in the sporting goods, no luck, looked in the paint (drop cloth) no luck, finally found one in the RV section with the toilet blue and the bungee cords, and bought a 10x20 tarp and dashed back and unfolded the precious item, draped it over the tent, the folding camp chairs, and then drove over one end so that it was anchored and then climbed back inside. took one of the boys dirty t-shirts and sopped up the worse of the water inside and took the pillow cases off and hung them from the suspended nest to dry, and curled up with the DVD player and watched 1/2 of the first disk of Pride and Prejudice for 1.5 hours waiting to make sure we were not soaked in our sleep. it worked perfectly and so we were just a little moist by morning.
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