September is usually a wonderful month here. There are gorgeous clear blue skies and cooler nights, treasured all the more because they are mixed in with the gray and cloudy days that will gradually take over.
Yesterday was one of the gorgeous days. We started out by going downtown to watch the annual Dragon Boat races. We met a couple of other families with children from China, ate hot dogs (strangely no Chinese food was available), watched the boats and the kids played with the rocks on the little beach below the park. The boats are amazing. A long time ago I was a back up rower for a team and it's hard work!
After that we drove out to a farm about 1/2 hour from here. This place has a huge corn maze, along with fresh produce, farm animals, a Cow Ride (this is sort of a train of little cars made out of barrels painted like Holsteins), along with a cafe and bales of hay piled high for the kids to play on. It was so beautiful outside that we spent the whole afternoon there. Charlie, Jack and Annie did the maze (Bethany wasn't really interested) and it took them close to an hour to get through. Bethany and I rode the train and then all of us rode the train together. It was a bumpy and dusty ride through the fields, but the kids absolutely loved it. We came home with just-picked corn, tomatoes and a pint of amazing blackberries.
Here are some pictures of the day.
1 comment:
Great day! We'll be attending a fall festival (Chusak) at one of the local farms in a couple weeks - we just look forward to it all September!
hugs - aus and co.
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