Before I departed for the airport, I got to take a walk to the froggy park with the girls. My other co-walker was out of the screen behind me.

This person has a full leg cast which assured total mobility. She was unhindered and ran around like normal for a person with a full leg cast.

A key part of surviving the city involved navigation. I never once saw a paper map. Cell phones is how it’s done. My son teaches his son.

We couldn’t all fit in the van so there was considerable ground to cover via legs. Sometimes we walked. Sometimes we ran. Sometimes some of us skipped.

At night I acted as the spotter for the electrons. These two. They are cousins and they ran around and hop scotched and generally acted like energized particals. The first few nights we stayed in town and this cherry tree in full blossom was a favorite climbing place. I stood below to catch any fallers. The only one who fell was Esther, who loved dangling from a high branch then dropping into my arms to be set down and run away laughing.  They did all sorts of climbs including competitive purse retrieval contests that involve placing a purse high on a branch then seeing how fast they could climb up and get it. Both of them cut their time to one fourth. They, the blossoms, and the blue night sky were beautiful.