About 2 miles from our house there is a giant city park that we've heard referred to as the "wedding park." We went there for the second time today and it was certainly living up to its reputation on this beautiful May Saturday! When we walked in the gates (after paying our 20-cent admission price), we were within 50 yards of 4 different brides, all getting their pictures taken. During the hour or two we were there, we spotted 11 brides and grooms!
We saw many people, both men and women, wearing white sashes -- I'm assuming they were wedding attendants?
And outside the gates of the park these guys were guarding a bunch of doves in this cage:
Anyway, while we were wandering around, the kids spotted this train:
We paid the 80-cent/person fare to ride the train, to the delight of the kids,
...And as we were riding through the park, we came across this:
Many little fires were lit, some right along the path we were driving on. At first Pete said this was just "Moldovan lawn mowing," but after a while we realized there was no one around at all tending these fires and they were spread out over an alarmingly large area. Sure enough, as soon as our train conductor saw someone, he yelled out to him (something we couldn't understand of course).
A few minutes later, we noticed some official-looking tractors, motorcycles, etc., all heading in the direction of the fire. This may have been the fire truck:
We left the fire-fighting in the hands of the professionals, and spent the rest of our time in the park in other areas.
It was a beautiful day to be out!
... and tried to rescue a frisbee from the creek.
My favorite part was the lilac tree grove.
Lilac trees are great perfect for climbing, too. :)
We all had a lovely day... except Miles who had a minor break-down by the end. Early bedtime tonight!
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