We rode the Yuba Mundo to Funderland in Land Park today. A quick stop at the turtle log:On the way back, Avery fell asleep!A stop for ice cream at Turtles in Old Sac. We had to leave Funderland a bit early due to a scratch Avery got while waiting for our second turn on the Flying Dragon. Despite the smallness of the wound and lack of blood, it was important to go home right away so he could rest and he had to hold up the hem of his shorts and he limped a bit. LOL!

One of Justin’s neighbors, Jack Montgomery, has been gathering the tiny wild blackberries for the past 2 weeks or so. The amazing part is he also just had arthroscopic surgery to open a 90%-blocked artery. Doctors went in through small incisions in his wrist and groin, kept him overnight, sent him home and told him to rest. But Jack has a hard time sitting still, so he gathered the blackberries for short periods of time every day. His slow-but-steady method has yielded 100 pounds so far. Next on Jack’s agenda: jams, jellies, and pies! And he wanted me to know, he does all the canning and baking, not his wife.

Since the temperatures were cooler this week, we rode the Yuba Mundo today to the local library. It was also the first climb for any kind of a hill – which was a walkway/trail over the freeway. Being helpful, Avery and Sophia wanted to get off and walk, although they actually ran … fast. Time to pedal!The library provided more than books to look at. Avery spent about a half hour focused on sorting all the colors into the correct jar using a magnetic pen.On the ride back, we stopped at a park on Bannon Creek Parkway. Very big climbing rope structure with a trampoline in the middle.There are button at the leg joint which starts the water spraying for about 5 minutes. Later in the afternoon, Sophia had her ukelele lesson.Afterward, we walked around the block searching for squirrels and the friendly cat. No cat today, but they did find a great hopscotch walkway.

Last night, Justin and I went to a fireworks show about 2 miles from his house (in the middle of nowhere, from some points of view). We parked along a walnut orchard along with more than 50 other vehicles.Across the road and plowed field, ringed with trees is Lake Minden, a popular rv and camping resort.It was quite a good fireworks show.

Our string of seven days over 100 degrees ended today, a south wind was blowing! That’s when dragonflies hunker down close to the ground, like in Justin’s lawn. There were about lots of little fluttery coppery wings sparkling in the sun, not too visible here.Closer:Closer still:

Good conversation, a great spinach salad, fresh tomatoes to take home, and a new Fitbit friend – we unpacked Ade’s and got it all set up!

In line to get snacks before the movie started:The movie was 97 minutes long. After 40 minutes, Avery wanted to leave. After 60 minutes, Sophia wanted to leave. We persevered. On the way out of the theater, “Grandma, can we go to the pet adoption center. It’s right across the street.” Of course. To our surprise, there were NO cats in the big playroombut we did get to visit for a short time in the small room where the kittens are behind locked doors in semi-private spaces. Time for a treat before going home and Sophia knew exactly where – Yogurt Garden. Yum.