What a wonderful birthday week I've had. Ryan and Clyde came to PA last weekend to kick off the celebration with us. We had the joy of perusing the largest PA Arts Festival, camping in Amish country, biking through Philadelphia, swimming in an irrigation pond (way better than it sounds), eating ice cream, playing softball, and just enjoying each others company. Rather than a long a detailed story of our time together enjoy the pictures and captions.
Ryan rigged up our kid-cart for the dogs. We lost the crucial bike-to-cart adapter so we made a new one out of various hardware pieces. The pups enjoyed their practice ride around the campground.
Our first stop in Philly was the garden next to the Liberty Bell. Rather than waiting in the long line we peered through the windows to catch a glimpse at the bell. The dogs can knock this sight off their bucket lists :)
Ry and Clyde in front of Independence Hall. The first capital of these United States.
We were in Philly during an extreme heat event. It was 98F with super high humidity. The dogs were very hot! We kept them as hydrated as possible, but at one point we had to dip them in a water fountain...the big pretty kind that people were swimming in...to cool them off. Although Ito isn't super fond of water, he appreciated the refreshing dip.
Relaxing at the park across the street from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The stairs S. Stallone, as Rocky, climbs in his movies are featured in the back.
Too embarrassed to lift his arms and mimic Rocky. I captured his cute smile though.
I'm a champ like Rocky!
Navigating the Philly traffic was not as difficult as we first expected. The downtown area has an extensive network of bike lanes. However, there are very few shady spots in the streets so we were all sort of baking throughout the day.
We started biking at 11 am and finished up during the 5 pm rush hour. The best thing about pulling a cart is that car drivers assume there is a kid in there so they gave us a little extra room.
Passing cars and pedestrians were often surprised to see two dogs panting in the cart. We even had an Asian husband and wife couple take pictures of all of us including the dog cart because they thought we were such a spectacle. We are a little strange, I guess.
As we loaded the bikes back onto the car, the pups tried to rest. The were so tired the interstate traffic didn't faze them.
We thought Ito was going to fall into his dog bowl he was so thirsty.
Once the AC cooled the car air the pups quickly fell asleep. Surprisingly, Clyde didn't have a crick in his neck from sleeping like this. Ito was stuck on bottom as usual.
On Saturday, we headed to my secret pond to swim and cool off. We had to drag Ito into the water and turn him loose so that we'd swim. Clyde, on the other hand, loves swimming. Just throw a stick or ball out and he'll dive in.
Clyde will even swim to us to see what we're doing. What a good puppy.
We've been together for nearly two years! And what fun we've had.
Check out how tall my research corn is now. All this rain and heat made it shoot up.
Being corny.
Birthday salmon and asparagus at midnight.
I was just surprised with more birthday gifts...lilies, chocolates, a card, McD's frappe (silly Ry!), and a surprise re-visit from Ryan. 30 years ain't so bad. I'm definitely looking forward to many more to come.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend friends. It's time to play catch-up with all my work.
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