It's a hot one!

So, we finally got hit with some hot weather here in the Hood. And in this usually windy town (windsurfing capital of the world), a breeze is nowhere to be found. We don't have ac in our house so I'm just trying not to move much, which is not easy considering the clean up I need to do after our party last night.

That's right, we had our first party in our new place in our new town last night. Erin, Jim, Aaron, and Emily came in from Portland, and some of Doug's friends stopped by (including the old tenant of our apartment). We made some eggplant rotini things stuffed with a cheese mixture, and they turned out delicious - it was the first time we'd made them and I was happy. We chilled on our upper deck until it got dark and we ate, and then headed over to 6th Street to have a drink in honor of Christine's last night there - she's full time working on opening the brewery now.

Anyway, back to the hotness. Yesterday to beat the heat we went down to the "beach" of the Columbia River with Aaron and Emily. The water was chilly, but it felt great! And Ika swam on her own accord for the first time - I was so proud of her! And she had a great time digging in the sand. Today we went with Jim and Erin to Tucker park which has a trail that goes by the Hood River. So, we sat on rocks on the edge of the rushing river (I guess stuff is still melting up on the mountain so it was pretty active) and waded in every once in a while. Jim and Abe actually fully submerged, but they were the only brave ones, or should I say fools? The water was FREEZING. And I mean that literally - it probably was in the 30 degrees. My feet started hurting every time I put them in the water. But it was beautiful and a nice way to spend part of a very hot day. Ika thought the water was a bit too cold to swim, but Chunk enjoyed wading in it.

Hopefully our wind will come back soon and cool us off. :-)