Stuff in a Park

Here's a few photos from the park in Augusta. I mentioned the cool fountain and the sea monster yesterday. Now you can have some details.

This fountain is awesome. I've heard it can even double as a homeless man's shower. That's ok until you think that as the water drains it is reused in the fountain. Now you have homeless man germs on your kid. Anyway, it is still a cool fountain. Cari told the kids to stay out of it because we were going to dinner next. I told the kids to go for it when Cari had her back turned and Meredith didn't waste any time. Cari looked up and was going to fuss at Meredith. When I told her what happened she turned her frustration toward me.

That's Meredith with her arms in the air. The other kid was taking a shower.

Randy decided he didn't want to get in, so I challenged him to touch the center of the fountain. It took him a few tries. He would watch the wind shift the water before making his move. He didn't get too wet trying it, so I made a run for it as well. I managed to keep pretty dry until Meredith came and gave me a hug. Then she tried to hug Rick, but he's pretty fast.

As we walked along the river back to the car, Rick told us he likes to come and jog the path a few times a week in the evenings. He said a few times that he saw some strange creature that only holds its head out of the water.

As he was describing it, we were all shouting out possibilities, "An alligator!", "Dolphin!", "Shark!", "turtle!", "An Eagle!", some of the shouted answers weren't great possibilities. Rick's wife, Brenda, pointed out that he only sees the creature when he is alone. Cari decided it was a sea monster and warned him to be careful. For the rest of our walk, everything in the water was a sea monster. After taking this picture I shouted, "Look at that alligator!". Before Cari declared it a sea monster, some other people on the path stopped to look at the alligator. I even saw one boy point at the stick and say, "look at the alligator."