First day of Science Camp

Today was the first day of Science Camp for Zoe, Our Big Colorful World, at ScienceWorks in Ashland.

From Zoe:

First I made a kitty out of markers. The other kids were good at watercolors. We drawed outside, a landscape. We painted. We painted our landscape. Then we had snacks. Lots of other kids had different things. We put our snacks away.

I think that they also played with some of the exhibits. At noon, I picked her up and we went to eat.

Meanwhile:

I had planned to simply tootle around Ashland, but those plans were put on hold as Zoe had thrown up in the car on the way over (we had a discussion about how next time, Zoe could say that she wasn't feeling well and I would pull the car over to let her vomit outside). I swung by Bi-Mart and bought some clean-up supplies. I scrubbed and scrapped, then doused everything with anti-stink liquid. It worked pretty well, but I still have to scrub the seat and floor one more time.

After I felt that the best job I could do was done, I parked back at ScienceWorks and hopped on the bike and went to Cycle Sport bicycle shop to get a new pair of tires that Hutch's failed to get in in time for us to leave. I'm not bitter, really, I'm not.

I rode over to Litha Park to have a drink of Lithia water, then up to the end of the road (at least where the dirt starts).

I then found the Bear Creek Greenway and headed north. I decided to ride until my mileage reached 10. Well, I am glad that I did because I saw an otter! I had a hard time wrapping my mind around what I was seeing as it ran right across the bike path!

For lunch, we went to the Standing Stone Brewpub and sat at a table for two. Zoe had turkey dogs and I had the buffalo burger.