outdoors weekend day 1
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
It's a long weekend in Japan, and the hot weather has finally ended. We can enjoy ourselves outdoors at last!
It's a pity that there are so few days left in "Summer" per se, but it's nice that after two months of hellish heat and humidity and a solid month of heavy rain, we can at least enjoy those days.
We went to a park on one of the man-made islands. Kenny blew soap bubbles and ran around after the various things we'd throw to each other. Nerf-style frisbee, a small ball with suction cups that refused to stick to his hand-held paddle, and a large ball with two Mifi characters on it.
After that I suggested that we check out a firefighters' training spot that Kenny and I had seen in the Spring. Turns out that the firefighters were very happy to show us around. Kenny really liked the big fire engines, but didn't like the four-wheel robot affair at all.
From there it was a natural to take the remaining couple of kilometers of flat trail down to a spot I know that overlooks Haneda airport. Mari really enjoyed the introduction; cool breeze on the water, water-skiers, and of course lots of planes to see.
"And we're having fun, with no money."