Summer Heat

Not a description of the weather, but an air show event in Muncie, IN...but ALSO a description of the weather!

I drove up to Muncie on Friday.  Got here about noon and did some laundry before surprising the grandchildren at pre-school.  (They were happy to see me!)  Daddy took them fishing, and we had Pizza King for supper.  Just your average day.

Yesterday morning, I took a run to Marsh (which is just around the corner from here) and came back via a neighborhood yard sale.  Sitting in the yard was a toddler bed (low to the floor and with rails) for $7.  I snapped that right up.  Ryan has been sleeping in his crib with the side removed ever since he learned to climb out of it, but has been falling out of bed on a nightly basis, disturbing everyone's sleep.  We put that right together!  Then, around noon, we packed up and went to Muncie's airport not far from the kids' house, where we took in Muncie's Summer Heat festival.  It consists of air shows, concerts, carnival games and amusement rides, etc.  It was hot, with a bit of a breeze--but no shade (because we were on the runways, etc.).  We used copious amounts of sunblock, wore hats, used umbrellas and a blanket for shade, and managed to come home sweaty but unburned.  Sunblock really works!

Let's see--we got to ride on a trolley that took us from the parking lot to the event.  Saw a kite-flying demonstration of some pretty neat kites.  Watched the Red Barons and other planes performing aerobatic feats of daring.  Saw some combat-ready parachutists land right in front of us.  The children rode some rides and played a carnival game (catching ducks with a fishing pole--prize guaranteed).  On the way home, we had ice cream, then played in the "poo" and had a cookout.  A very busy day!  Had to laugh, however: the parachutists--all good-looking young soldiers in full gear, covered head-to-toe, complete with packs and weapons and carrying their deployed parachutes--walked past us on their way back to their station.  I felt sorry for them in those temperatures.  I said, "You guys look hot."  One of them responded, "Thank you very much!"  Uh.......

The two days all summer that I have HAD to be outdoors have been two of the hottest days of the year, so far.  This doesn't bode well for Field Day!