7-10 Ice Cream Social Dance

Doing the Chicken Dance during the Ice Cream Social Dance

This morning Larry washed Flo's new rug to try and get rid of the chemical odors. While he was doing this Flo and I kept him company. When he was finished we hung it over the back porch railing so it could dry. Then I started to assemble my Vintage America puzzle. Larry wants to try some kind of a new hobby, he is really good at building things and has thought about a crafty type of hobby but he does not want to build a bunch of items that will simply clutter up the house. Yesterday he decided he would get a Raspberry Pi, it is a electronic module that you programs and can be used to build many different projects such as a internet radio, a robot, a weather station and many other. Larry ordered a Raspberry Pi and he can hardly wait for it to come in so he can started, in the mean time he has been reading about it and playing You Tube videos on different projects.

Washing the rug with a broom

Rinsing the soap off

Flo's rug

We received an e-mail from the UPS Store telling us that we had a package that's ready to be picked up so after lunch we loaded Flo into the car and went to town. The morning newspaper said they were going to open the ramp by our house today, so on the way home we went by and sure enough it is open, they hope to open the other boat ramps on the 17th. When we got back to the house Larry asked if I wanted to take Flo for a swim, I told him it was too hot to walk her to lake, he said to take the car, seems a bit silly to drive a couple of blocks to the lake but Flo has a really hard time making it down there and back especially when it is hot. The ramp has been closed all summer due to all the rain but they opened the gate a couple of weeks ago and now the lake is far enough down that the ramp can be used. People are really excited, when we got to to ramp there was more people there than usual. Most of the walkway to the dock is still underwater but that didn't stop Flo from swimming. The lake is still pretty high so there wasn't much bank for me to walk but Flo had a great time swimming. We were at the lake for about an hour and Flo was happy.

I'm so tired

In the evening Larry and I went square dancing with the Double C's for their Ice Cream Social Dance. There were enough people for four squares and they had a lot of ice cream and toppings for it. They also had hot dogs, chips, cheese puffs and cookies. Betsy did the calling and in between square dancing tips she played recordings for round dancing and one cute record called Chicken Dance, where people flapped their arms, squatted and danced in a circle. As the song went on it got faster and faster.

Round Dancing at the Ice Cream Social Dance

Doing the Chicken Dance