The nice part for me and the boys when just one kids has social engagements of one kind or another on the weekends while Daddy is teaching is the built in time with his brother. We've been exploring in the river gorge, taking note of the flood levels, talking about the homeless people who live in the caves there, and even finding fossils. We live right near the long Mississippi's only gorge - a deep ravine that we drive over a lot, watching the river from up high, but have to work a little to get right beside. That quality makes it especially impressive when you descend the long stairs or winding steep paths to get there - suddenly being close to this great, powerful river roiling and churning past, watching the river traffic, noticing the birds migrating back up this great river "bird-way".
No*ah, who had to be convinced not to offer all my money to the homeless man we saw down there, got the idea to buy some winter wear at garage sales this summer and put it by one of the caves in the fall with a note . We're putting that on this year's "summer list" of things we hope to do for the first time. We make the list every year -our third annual list of free or inexpensive things we want to try or learn about or places we want to explore over the summer. Also on the list so far are: Biking the Gr*eenway to the Global Mark*et, riding the Lake Ha^rriet trolley, visiting at least 2 new regional parks and at least one new state park, and launching a giant water balloon from really high.
Really high.
