{"id":14840,"date":"2021-08-28T20:48:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T00:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=14840"},"modified":"2021-08-28T20:58:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T00:58:28","slug":"grandgirls-spend-the-night-park-car-tow-8-28-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=14840","title":{"rendered":"Grandgirls! Spend the Night! Park! Car Tow! 8.28.21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love shows like this, especially with Les Stroud.  He really goes WAY out into the bush.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-TFqCLGn\/0\/0f98ca82\/M\/IMG_4379-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I enjoy seeing shots of Penelope&#8217;s class and what they&#8217;re doing.  Here they&#8217;re learning about meditation.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-K8KJQsT\/0\/d0566b4c\/L\/IMG_4383-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the meditation monkey.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-cPBnf3Q\/0\/6e7b4cc5\/Th\/IMG_4384-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t believe I never knew this.  A word can be feminine and take a masculine article because of the two vowels. Spanish is a deep language.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-WgTCXsK\/0\/4737187d\/L\/IMG_4442-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Funny.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-vZtQ3xx\/0\/e201bffc\/M\/IMG_4449-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-5KpRcpr\/0\/64823bec\/L\/IMG_4456-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Espa\u00f1ol!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-CzmjTLK\/0\/26bda862\/L\/IMG_4360-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-ZNMxzCR\/0\/83d05a96\/L\/IMG_4361-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m constantly impressed with clouds.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-ngkmB34\/0\/cc8c432f\/M\/IMG_2657-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-NtGqxgx\/0\/8f0fea1f\/L\/IMG_2662-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-vZN4q8J\/0\/727b0c4b\/M\/IMG_2664-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Whenever the grandgirls spend the night, the two days merge.  This was Friday&#8217;s sunrise.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-vzRGQqp\/0\/48f7928d\/L\/IMG_2660-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Picking up Everly. She was mad because she didn&#8217;t have the right helmet.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-k49V4gv\/0\/16cc4e7b\/L\/IMG_2666-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We went to another neighborhood and park in Lilburn for a bike ride. This park was too steep to ride on comfortably.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-r5Rz5mJ\/0\/406ab519\/L\/IMG_4362-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-VjtfcDs\/0\/933eee1a\/L\/IMG_4369-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had to carry her bike up the steps.  I told her she wouldn&#8217;t like riding in this area, but three year olds have to experience it for themselves.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-HkPntpj\/0\/d68107a7\/L\/IMG_4371-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-snvKmNF\/0\/e345c5df\/L\/IMG_4374-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-4QCWt9d\/0\/eaeb1cf2\/L\/IMG_4375-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ordered groceries.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-hJnLQ2k\/0\/f8147275\/L\/IMG_4376-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cleaned and refilled my hummingbird feeders.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-Nvdf47M\/0\/71fd0fa0\/L\/IMG_2671%202-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Picked up Penelope and went back to the Buford Highway Farmers Market to eat a late lunch.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-zXd2RJ6\/0\/2d7cf2fb\/L\/IMG_4380-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nShe rested.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-tndkj4v\/0\/c9f24065\/L\/IMG_4381-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I practiced ear training.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-8bQrF5v\/0\/db2cbf48\/L\/IMG_4382-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continues to be steamy.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-Rbg9H3n\/0\/953f9a37\/L\/IMG_4385-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-v6Dkjk7\/0\/53986772\/L\/IMG_4386-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They ate great.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-kt5rxvg\/0\/104dc741\/L\/IMG_4389-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-2NXVSbf\/0\/a6ddfcca\/L\/IMG_4390-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I loaded the girls up and took them by the office on the way to my house.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-K9T9DSn\/0\/43d485fb\/M\/IMG_2672%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We went to Evergreen for a swim.  It was fun.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-nspbtvK\/0\/e9b512d6\/L\/IMG_4393-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Going up or down?<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-bKh3Cs9\/0\/3c3a1d8a\/L\/IMG_4394-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Harry.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-nkd6VbL\/0\/56bc7dd6\/L\/IMG_4396-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dropped the girls off after our swim and went to get the groceries and pizza.  The clouds were absolutely fantastic.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-cpFVFnp\/0\/f08577df\/L\/IMG_4395-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-ZNHschH\/0\/d500b8f6\/L\/IMG_2673-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-WpMzdZ9\/0\/d2bcc28a\/M\/IMG_2675-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-Lx673j4\/0\/5db3f081\/M\/IMG_2678-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-DHpNfnV\/0\/65fa4e1c\/M\/IMG_2680-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-qTPZ5vQ\/0\/53594300\/M\/IMG_2683-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-z4np7tH\/0\/a96772c6\/L\/IMG_2688-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-GrMFr2n\/0\/d010687b\/M\/IMG_2689-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-SjwRCHv\/0\/0ce4aa17\/M\/IMG_2690-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-SHx9fPc\/0\/9eabb2f6\/M\/IMG_2694-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-bPwdHkd\/0\/953d361f\/L\/IMG_2695%202-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Can you see the purple on both edges? And green around the purple on the left?<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-6S9N9ZK\/0\/3fa04feb\/L\/IMG_2696-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OYB!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-jhDk4Bw\/0\/1d03dd05\/L\/IMG_4437-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-JQQ6pMt\/0\/975a73f5\/L\/65184297600__57F9F281-5025-4A87-AB43-93EEACA7BCD2-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Progress!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-ppdWH85\/0\/aa7d4c8e\/L\/IMG_4440-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-rL32KZZ\/0\/d9a9ee9f\/L\/IMG_4443-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We all slept well last night.  I worked on their hair this morning.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-mWMSW9Q\/0\/b55d162d\/L\/IMG_4445-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-c9RVSCW\/0\/f2fd36ff\/L\/IMG_4446-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We went back to the park with Penelope and Kathy.  P&#8217;s bike tube burst so that made her unhappy.  I&#8217;ll fix it for her next week.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-PKWW8V9\/0\/234dcf18\/L\/IMG_4447-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-XWSV8gL\/0\/ac6a9955\/L\/IMG_4448-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love these!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-RfKcKCW\/0\/eff8fcc4\/M\/IMG_2697-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-g5s5Vjh\/0\/25936877\/M\/IMG_2699-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After our bike ride, we decided to got to Snellville to eat lunch.  My car died in the left turn lane.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-HvMsvGT\/0\/49f38b97\/M\/IMG_2700-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That began a six hour marathon of waiting for the tow truck. That&#8217;s not zesty!<\/p>\n<p>I called 911 and the police blocked traffic and helped push my car into this abandoned parking lot.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-kxTfLDF\/0\/5d77331c\/M\/IMG_2701-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-8G7gmtd\/0\/893b873f\/M\/IMG_4450-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I waited for hours.  The tow truck guy was by himself with another twenty cars to tow.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-JxxMQqp\/0\/50975ee0\/L\/IMG_4452-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Palabras.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-Sqw6nMK\/0\/81fb0543\/L\/IMG_4453-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Glad I had an external battery for my phone!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-K9ZFHPj\/0\/95612f38\/L\/65186728097__85E70E31-F62F-42B7-86FF-6E7A6D4D3112-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They were more than an hour later than this.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-WS5PmTt\/0\/89e8af29\/L\/IMG_4458-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We followed the tow truck back to T&#038;G.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-5xvf7fg\/0\/430cc55a\/M\/IMG_2703-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-n6WwWzw\/0\/ffd5bec6\/L\/IMG_4459-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Storm-Spend-the-Night-Car-Tow-82821\/i-pshzB7R\/0\/91c5f933\/M\/IMG_2704-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pretty sucky Saturday all in all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love shows like this, especially with Les Stroud. He really goes WAY out into the bush. I enjoy seeing shots of Penelope&#8217;s class and what they&#8217;re doing. Here they&#8217;re learning about meditation. With the meditation monkey. I can&#8217;t believe I never knew this. A word can be feminine and take a masculine article because [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14840"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14840"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14845,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14840\/revisions\/14845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}