A Myrtle Beach SC Memory

I took this picture a few years ago when we were in Myrtle Beach SC.Wish I could remember the year.Anyway,I thought that I had lost this picture but came across it today so I am very happy.

I have loved this picture since the day I took it.We didn't make it to the beach this year since we went to Canada.I have truly missed being at the ocean this year.

When we drove to Niagara Falls Canada part of the drive was on the NY Thruway which is next to Lake Erie so we got to see a few glimpses of Lake Erie.

One day while in Canada we took the drive from Niagara Falls to Toronto.The Queen Elizabeth Way is beside Lake Ontario part of the way so we got to see glimpses of it too.

Sure did miss Isle of Palms SC this year.That is where our favorite beach is located.It is a quiet family oriented beach.Maybe next summer?

Our Granddaughter's First Day of Kindergarten

Today was our granddaughter's first day of kindergarten.She rode the big yellow bus to school.She is tiny for her age.When the bus driver saw her she told Mariah to sit the seat right behind her with another little girl heading to her first day of kindergarten.

Her big brother is in the fourth grade in the intermediate school.They ride the same school bus but get dropped off at the two different schools.Our granddaughter is at the primary school which goes through 2nd grade.Her big brother is at the intermediate school which is grades 3-5.

We asked our granddaughter about her first day of kindergarten.She didn't have much to say.She went to pre-k for a couple of years so she should do OK.

Her big brother is all excited about 4th grade.His best friend is in his class:)

Lemonade Day

Today was a Lemonade Day in our small city.Our Chamber of Commerce has a special promotion that whenever the temperature reaches 90 or above free lemonade is served the next business day.This promotion has been going on since the 1930's.

We are in the mountains of southern West Virginia where we experience mild summers compared to other areas.We have had a rather warm summer as most of the country has also experienced.We have had many days near 90 but haven't had very many days at 90 or above.

Some of the days near 90 have felt warmer due to the high humidity.Last Friday it went up to 91.At a local bank I saw of reading of 108 on Friday.

Since the promotion began in the 1930's free lemonade has been given out 201 times.That's not too bad for 70 years!There have been some cooler summers where we haven't reached 90 or above so free lemonade wasn't served.

More Elephants in Natural Habitat

Here are a few more elephants in their natural habitat at the Pittsburgh Zoo.

Elephant in Natural Habitat

I love this picture of an elephant in its natural habitat at the Pittsburgh Zoo.Looks like it is out in the wild.

Scenes from Pittsburgh Zoo

The top picture is a lion sleeping.The second picture is some flamingoes and the bottom picture is a tiger.

Pittsburgh Zoo

On the way back home from Canada we stopped over in Pittsburgh PA for 2 nights.We wanted to break up the long drive home.

While in the area we wanted to go to their zoo since our grandchildren were with us.Using the Navigator program on my Blackberry I asked for an easy route to the zoo.We wanted to avoid the traffic on the interstate roads.We were taken through downtown Pittsburgh which was so nice.

Downtown Pittsburgh has roads made of bricks.So very historic looking.We loved being in downtown Pittsburgh and since it was a Saturday the traffic wasn't too bad.Another area that we drove through looked to be their China Town area.It had such a nice appeal to it.

We found the zoo without any problems.Don't know what happened but the Navigator took us a different route back to our hotel.This time we were on their different interstates with a closed tunnel thrown into the mix.I have never been in such a traffic mess in all of my life.I have lived in major cities so that is saying a lot!

We wanted to do some other things in the Pittsburgh area but thanks to the tunnel being closed and the traffic mess, we decided to stay put at our hotel and leave directly from there.

I will post more zoo pictures in another post.