Actually, beating the heat we did NOT do. We kind of figured, if you can’t beat it, why not join it? I decided to take us a kind of spur of the moment trip into DC. We took Cayenne, their scooters, plenty of water, and a packed lunch and headed first to East Potomac Park and Hains Point. I talked up the big sculptures of the hand and arm coming out of the ground, only to realize the statues were moved like nine years ago! Clearly, I’ve been paying attention.
Even without the sculptures, the girls enjoyed scootering around the point.
When it came time for lunch, we found a nice picnic table in the shade on the side of the point that faced Reagan National Airport and watched the planes land and take off. Even though the temps were reaching 100 degrees, there was such a nice breeze coming off the water, and we were actually very comfortable.
After Hains Point, we made our way to the Tidal Basin. We went to the Jefferson Monument, and the girls played along the basin edge.
It was quite a bit hotter over at the Tidal Basin, and we had done a lot of walking, and everyone was hot and tired (including the pup), so we headed back to the car for the drive back home. I snapped this picture with my phone while we were at a stop light. Cayenne was cracking me up. For the entire ride, she was trying to wedge out Nina to try to sit directly in front of the air conditioning vents. She actually had more room than anyone else in the car because I folded down the 3rd row seat in addition to the single seat in the middle row, but clearly that wasn’t what she was going for. No matter how hard Nina tried to push her, she refused to move. :) She came home and slept the rest of the day!
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