92 or something?

It was hot and dry in Ventura this morning (which did not bode well for what Pasadena would hold)  and my two people to watch the babe were both house-bound by illness. So, the plans changed somewhat.

First, we made sure to get free tickets for next month this morning. I anticipated that today would be brief and exhausted... so I wanted to have another day to look forward to.

Secondly, I decided to bring Alice with us and Jay worked from home for the afternoon so we could still leave the babe behind. Napping. And eating. On schedule. The only way she is good for anything.

Thirdly, frozen yogurt.

We made our first stop at 21 Choices because that is what you do when you leave a hot Ventura and go to an even hotter place, Pasadena. Pasadena to spend the afternoon walking in the sun, 15% humidity, and the 92 degrees. Seriously.

It was a beautiful trip. The cool, very temperature controlled library where they display the Gutenberg Bible, an original King James Printing of the Bible, an Ellesmere Chaucer was that much more welcome a respite. We walked through the conservatory that houses a rainforest and cloud forest and the most incredible variety of carnivorous plants! After the humidity inside the conservatory, the outdoors felt a cool relief! The kids and Grandma lay on their stomachs over the koi pond and touched the open mouths of the beautiful fish, many of them comparable in size to tunas! We lingered in the herb and rose gardens as closing time approached and we felt the staff herding us towards the exit.

A kind of learning. The kind you use all of yourself for... and that's nice.