No Love For The Lotus Nor The Ladies - IL Gangju Lotus Pond

Monday night I told the kids we were going to get up early to meet the International Ladies at a lotus pond.

"It's international ladies, Mom. Do I have to go?" was Zeke's response. As he suspected, he was a little bored. But I enjoyed it! This pond was the first time I joined the ladies group 11 months ago.

It's still early for the lotus flowers, so they are just starting to bloom.

This was when we first started our walk. It is also the only time we saw the boys. They had no patience for the non-stop talking and slow walking.

 There's my Daisy.

The gang.

The kid gang, minus my boys.

They were all the way across the pond already.

 Just for 2020, here is a murder hornet we found.

It's hydrangea season and they are blooming everywhere here.

At lunch time we finally caught up with the boys.

 Kid table.

Grown up table.

Look at that cute little guy!

After some kimbap for lunch we headed to the coffee shop for dessert.

 Zeke and Eli were on the verge of slowly and painfully succumbing to boredom.

 We finally made it back to the car without casualties, but there may have been some grouchy attitudes.

[June 29]

Trial & Error

I have heard a few things about a swimmin' hole nearby. I got what I thought were easy directions, so we loaded up the car and headed out.

Turns out those directions were not so easy and we could not find it. But it was a nice little drive.

 Any given day while driving along the freeway you may spot these little stands. They are selling fruit or veg or rotisserie chicken. Right there among the busy traffic and exhaust fumes.

Since we were out and in our suits, we went to Namildae Beach. We were not the only ones to think it was a nice beach day!

We were, however, the only ones to let our skin show.

 Lijee and I were the only ones in our family to get in the water.

He and I had a fun time splashing and throwing things at each other. The afternoon was not wasted! Maybe next time we will learn from our errors and actually find the swimming hole.

[June 28]

Encore!

One rainy day we decided to show our friends the glory of the Sacheon Circus. Once again, the audience consisted mostly of just our group.

It was the same group of performers from Mongolia.

These guys jumped were jumping rope while on top of each other.

These two are my favorite act.

 This dude is holding FIVE people!

Next spring the act changes, so we will check it out again next year.

[June 24]