Vacation so far

Hot, oceanic, sandy, friendly. Too many fried shrimp, tacos, and adult beverages. It will be hard to come home.

Pictures are here.

Query

Hope (asking for random stuff as she is known to do): "Mom, can I get an American Girl doll?"
Me: "Do you even know what it is?"
Hope: "Yeah. It's an American doll. It's a girl."

Overheard

Hank to his sister:

"I don't know why but I always get The Black-Eyed Peas mixed up with The Red-Hot Chili Peppers."

RAGBRAI: Day 2

Hank and Peggy

RAGBRAI: Day 1

RAGBRAI

Tall Dog buses stopping for lunch on the way to the start. Cousin Shawn snaps and sends me a picture in the time it takes Gary to figure out where the photo button is on his phone.

(JK, G. Love you and MISS you! The kids are trying to kill me with requests for this and that!)

Peggy slept

We made soap

That could be a goal

test

Uneasy Rider

Vacation

We're going to visit the ocean soon and one of the activities we will be involved in is visiting a sea turtle rescue center. You should see the look on Hope's face as I read to her from a website about the "current residents" and why they are in the rescue center.

How will we not come home with a turtle smuggled in Hope's suitcase??

Like this one, for example?

Peggy does not tolerate toys with squeakers

Fun with video

I want to wear one of these on RAGBRAI

to embarrass Gary.

Independence Day

Happy 4th of July

To celebrate Independence Day, Gary did his part by trading in our Jetta for a Government Motors car. It has 100,000+ miles, lots of leather, elbow room, and hopefully won't cost $600 every time something breaks on it like the Jetta did.

Chinese summer homework does not include eating weird stuff like this: