Last Few Days of Summer

With the kid's summer vacation winding down to it's last couple of days I wanted to make today special. It'd been a rainy start to our week but today the sun came out! After lunch we loaded up the Jeep and went to Governor Dodge State Park. We took the back roads all the way there, so we had time to just talk and have fun. We canoed to a small beach where she ran around with a big group of children for a while, and then the two of us played. canoeing back we did some bird watching, drifting up very close to a Great Blue Heron. We capped the day off with takeout lo mein and a samurai movie. Tomorrow is the very LAST day of summer! Thankfully my wife will also be coming home at the end of the day as she's been in Canada for a while.

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Warmup Throws

Here's another photo from this past Sunday of my BJJ instructor Thales Blaso warming up for sparring with his Judo partner Jeff Lee. After an hour of watching them I had to head home. My kid was with me and she'd spent the night at a friend's so was very tired and hungry. As I went to leave I mentioned to them that I'd really like to learn Judo. Jeff then invited me to come out on the mats, with me in my street clothes, and he'd begin right then. So on one hand I had a hungry kid ready to go home, on the other a chance to learn from an expert. (In other words; a chance to get tossed around while wearing jeans.) As I stepped onto the mat I was still trying to decide if this was a "good idea." Thankfully Thales kept me on track and pointed out I had to leave and there'd be another time for me to get slammed around.The next time I go photograph him training I'm leaving the kid at home and taking my gi!

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