Think again. Kansas City has some pretty crazy weather sometimes and Friday was no exception. When we got to the festival the sky was cloudy, but not menacing. We enjoyed some food from the Philippines (everyone but me) and Mexico (I am not very adventurous) and then headed over to the pavilion to see some dancing. A few minutes into the show it started to rain. We were glad we were under shelter and decided to wait it out. Bad idea. The rain came down and the floods came up. Then it got windy. The men stood with their backs to the rain to protect us, but we still got soaked. I took off my outer layer (thank you Downeast) to protect Will's head from the cold.
We kept thinking that it would get better, but it didn't and eventually we realized we would have to cut our losses and venture out in the storm. We ran 30 yards to the "beer tent" where people were feelin' good and happy to see us. "Look, a baby! In the beer tent!"
Anthony volunteered to run to our car and drive back as close as he could. He was successful and we were able to head home. I ended up driving because I didn't want to strap Will in his car seat all wet. It was like driving with strobe lights every time lightning stuck (which was often) because the wind shield wipers were going as fast as possible. It was quite the adventure and not exactly how we wanted to welcome our new friends to Kansas City.
6 comments:
Carrie, I LOVE your blue eyed, blonde baby!! Those pictures were absolutely ADORABLE!!! He is gorgeous and looks JUST like his momma! The pictures you captured are amazing! Hope you're doing well!
Sounds like quite an adventure. Sounds like Will was a pretty good sport about it all. Kansas City weather doesn't sound all that different than Boston's (we got one of those weird "microbursts" last spring, the one that brought down all of those trees in Belmont and in Boston).
We'd actually talked about going to the Ethnic Festival on Friday but decided against it. As we were cuddled up in our sleeping bags while the storm raged we were glad we'd stayed home. But it sounds like it was quite the adventure! :)
Oh my! That's sad that the night was ruined, but that sounds like a really fun activity!
Can you send Will out here please? Sadie wants to play with him and I want to hug and kiss all over his adorable face. December is too far away!
Dern Kansas weather. It seems to rain on the most inconvenient days (i.e. July 4th.) But that's pretty funny about the baby in the beer tent!
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