The past week or so the heat has felt almost unbearable. The market on Saturday was stifling as we sold honey, jams, goat cheese & heaps of other goodies. Even with an almost oppressive heat, spirits were high and it was an all round great day. I managed to steal my dad away from the farm for the day & we hit the road for an overnight venture to Kings Dominion (amusement park) located about an hour outside of Richmond.
With temps feeling more like 110 than what the thermometer was reading it was wonderful to wade in the wave pool and take a day to totally chill. My pops, Tristan & I headed back to the park after resting a bit at our hotel. Hitting parks in the evening is pretty much always a great strategy. The air was cool, the lines were thin and we were ready to go.
We took in a little Sponge Bob in 3D along with a few rounds on the carousel where Tristan had a permanent smile on his face. Farm life doesn't permit an awful amount of down time & getting away doesn't happen all too often for my dad. Being able to be away from cows, tractors & chickens is a nice break for him.
Tristan and Pop took charge of navigating us through the park with a map laying out every ride in the park. I got a kick out of Tristan confidently showing us which direction we needed to head. One of his favorite rides was the carousel where we had an awesome view of the park when it was still light out, but the sun had lessened in intensity. Tomorrow we head out again and the goal of my Dad & I is to keep out with our little dude & his seemingly endless supply of energy.
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