Belated Father's Day Gig

Britt, as I mentioned earlier sent 15 yellow roses to my work for our anniversary and then that friday let Isaiah and I go to NY to hang with Dad and Janet for the weekend. Dad and I have been trying to keep up a tradition of a Father's day jaunt started last year with a phenomenal mt. bike ride at lake Minnewaska. This year we did the same 9 mile loop around lake Minnewaska and lake Owasting but Isaiah came along this time. It was again breath-taking with all the mountain laurel in full bloom still. Isaiah and I went swimming in the Awosting lake which was clear and warm but the winds made us freezing. At midday before driving up to Minnewaska we went with Dad to his peace vigil. This is a group of people who believe strongly in the concept of peace, standing on a busy street corner just below the big shopping malls of Poughkeepsie holding peace signs. They have been doing it every saturday for over 4 years now. Isaiah held up a sign that said honk for peace and I held up a similar one together with an american flag. It was all very exciting considering we had some thing that helped us see the level of support peace got. Diagonally, across the street 7 pro war folks with american flags and "peace thru strength" signs were looking for support from the cars passing by. IT was interesting because 95% of the honks seemed like they were for peace and a few toots were for the war. Isaiah did learn a few new swear words and I had to explain what the middle finger meant as a few people drove right by us and said some pretty gross things... but for the most part it was amazing to see how many people cheered, whistled, or honked for peace. We also saw Isaiah's great grandma and great uncle Doug for a few minutes before driving back to go to a rare afternoon Baha'i Feast in Amherst.