My Baby is 22 today! Happy Birthday Ben!
Happy Father’s Day Papa and all other Dad's!
Last night Brad and his famous cesar salad requested by Ben. Then we watched the new movie Alice in Wonderland. Fantastic! It is a Tim Burton movie and it does not disappoint. I was enthralled with the graphics and the amazing cinematography. It was dark like all of Tim Burton’s movies and well, anything with Johnnie Depp and Anne Hathaway has to be good. And it was so female positive, I loved it. Check it out!
How two people can pack so much into one weekend is beyond me! I’m exhausted. Here is what we have done today and will do tonight: Ben had to work today (on his birthday no less!) so when we had gotten ready wee left and drove to pick up Jessica then headed to the dog park at Wannamaker Forest Preserve. That’s the park that is right next to where Ben & Jess’s apartment so we let the dogs run for 20 minutes or so. 20 minutes doesn’t seem like a long time but when the heat and the humidity are equally high the dogs (and people) get tired out easily. There were many more dogs playing today and even a Great Dane which Beeker tried to play with. It is a funny sight to see a Dane go down in a play bow. All in all a good time was had by all. By the time we got back in the car we were all hot and sweaty so we took the dogs back to the air conditioned apartment and left them there to rest up.
Charleston has a flee market that is rather large and although it was getting later in the day and hotter by the minute, we went to check it out. I enjoyed walking the outdoor aisles, but the indoor stalls were stifling. After we walked up and down perusing the row after row of secondhand items (junk?) I called it quits. I think I was on the verge of heat stroke. It was that hot. Jessica noted that during the heat of the summer, it is so hot that most vendors close up before noon due to the heat. I can appreciate that. It was 90 degrees with a humidity level of at least 80%.
After a lunch of sandwiches at the apartment, Jessica and Brad took the dogs and me back to the hotel to rest up. They headed off to explore Fort Sumter. This is the island where Civil War battles and the Movie Glory, occurred. It is a National Monument. I was not interested in taking the 1.5 hour boat trip and then walking around the defunct fort. Brad and Jessica both love history of any sort so they were happy to leave an ingrate at home. The dogs and I have had a great time sleeping and hanging out in our cool room. Don’t mind a bit.
Tonight we will celebrate Ben’s birthday with presents and a dinner out to boot! Tomorrow we head home. We will have to get up early and will drive all day to be home by midnight. We’ve had a long weekend and have done many fun things with the kids and the dogs. Bye to South Carolina and to our kids( Boo Hoo!) And Good Bye to one of our favorite dog beaches around (I’m being sarcastic here!)
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