Yesterday was another scorcher. Okay, it was 90 F and sort of dry, but remember, no A/C. A few little table fans. And the bad idea of having the apartment cleaned in the afternoon.
This meant that me and the beibis had to go elsewhere for 3 hours. We went down. First to our little village center to hang out in the grocery store while I returned all the PET bottles. So, actually, the supermarkets and some buses have A/C. The emergency solution is to either go food shopping for 4 hours straight, or just ride a bus back and forth along its line.
We did neither. Instead we kept heading down, to the river, and then to a fake island in the river, where big trees are planted, a baby swim area calls to little feet and bottoms of all ages, a playground, and a whole bunch of grass. Oh, and stairs. That lead into the fast flowing river. For swimmers.
We met up with a few friends, tried our best to sample all leaves, sticks and dirt within reach, took a power nap way too late in the day. And when M arrived from his day in the center of town, he and I traded off baby duty to go jump in the river a few times each.
Well, we walked down the stairs into the river and joined the floating...others (in their speedos and bikinis, board shorts, swim trunks, one-pieces). I was going to say "floating masses" but something about changing lots of diapers these last many months makes that term sound gross. We then aimed for the stairs near the rope that is meant to catch you, and climbed out. Very civilized. Even better, very cool water.
It was still pretty hot and sunny when we got home around 6pm, but the daily storm rolled in around 9pm and things cooled off nicely.
See? Sometimes we have good days.
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Hey Audra, Rachel just clued me in to your blog! Glad to hear you enjoyed your day out with the baby.
ReplyDeleteWe're still waiting for the monsoon rains to cool things down a bit here in Tucson!