Vacation - part 4: (after a brief dental intermission)Our last stop before the long ride back to Georgia was in McLean, VA at Grandma and Grandpa Batdorff's home. It was a relatively smooth ride home until the end when the windshield filled up with another heavy rain storm. Fortunately it was one of those storms that cleaned up behind itself leaving a beautiful bright blue morning. Janice and Grandma took the boys to see their first real life waterfall. I would like to say the boy's amazement lead to an invigorating discussion about the Hudson River School, Thomas Cole and the depth of romantic artistry achieved by such natural wonders. But it was all about climbing on rocks. Apparently rock climbing is much more interesting than loud mouthed waterfalls. Even the pretty ones.
Later that evening Janice got a birthday motorcycle ride on the "world's fastest production bike" in a mid-length dress. Not really bike ridding attire. Nonetheless I watched the mother of our three children straddling a fast bike speed away in a dress. [Later I found out they stopped and bought a pair of pants at a near by TJ Maxx.] I have been assured that Jeff "would never put his little sister in harm's way" but I have yet to hear an exact accounting how fast the "world's fastest production bike with the mother of our three children" actually went.
