2016-07-17: Summer Update

4th of July
We set off a lot of fireworks and I liked it a lot. Our neighbors Trevor and Jenny came over with Natalia. We tried out a new type of sparkler. We usually just use Morning Glorys, but this year we tried out the neon pack. They lasted longer and had a brighter color, so I liked them a lot better. We didn't have very many of the big fireworks this year. The biggest firework we had this year was a Flaming Frog, which wasn't as much fun as last year, when we had more big fireworks.

Baseball Season
Baseball started this month, and I have had my first practice, which was pretty good. The games have been more fun than I thought. You can get players out, but they don't count the player as being out. It is still good to practice making the outs, though. They will give you as many tries to hit the ball as you want, but if you are really struggling, they will give you a tee. I am getting to play with two of my friends from school: Jaren and Eden. My team name is the Green Star Wars, and I am really not a big fan of that. I would prefer the Green Lasers or the Electrifiers.

Summerworks
This week during summer camp I changed out from my rock climbing week and started going swimming, which is really fun and I like it a lot. The only problem is that there is a long walk to get to my towel. I am learning a lot. I got moved out of Kellsie and Siena's den and into Paulino and Clara's den. It is a coincidence that Clara also plays a video game called Pokémon Go that I have been playing.

Wheeler Farm
On the subject of Pokémon Go, we visited Wheeler Farm this evening with Luke, to walk around. We tried to incubate a Pokémon egg while there, by putting it in an incubator and leaving the game running while walking around. We needed to walk 2.0 km with the game running, and we made it to 1.4 km.


-Nigel


It was remarkable how many people were playing Pokémon Go there. The game was released a few weeks ago, and it involves walking around in real life while the game is running on a phone or tablet computer. Far more people were at the farm than usual, and a clear majority had their cell phones out and were staring at them while walking. Different rewards are available for playing the game at different real-world locations. It seems Wheeler Farm is a good place for playing this.

Before playing that game, we adventured along the bank of the river that flows through the farm, with Luke and Nigel both quite excited. There was an unusually-large amount of water flowing in the river--as much as I have seen--and a burgeoning canal crossing over the top of it, as well.


-Dad