A Day On The Town

We went to a town called Mahabalipuram this weekend. It's a World Heritage Site and was quite interesting. It would have been easier to enjoy if we had two less kids with us and it wasn't 105 degrees in the shade, but them's the breaks.

We all got a little sunburned, but nothing so bad that it was still around the next day. Luanne has done an awesome job of keeping the kids from getting burned so far, but today just kind of caught both of us by surprise. It was unbelievably hot, and unbelieveably humid, and there was very little shade to be had. Good fun.

It was also a typical "site" outting in that the parking lots were thick with vendors, not to mention everyone wants to be your guide, for a fee. Noah has gotten so used to it that he has even started engaging the vendors for us. He gets their attention, looks at what they have, asks "How much?" then says "We'll think about it". I get all choked up just thinking about it.

We bought the boys ice cream bars early in the day, and Micah of course made a royal mess out of it. It was so hot that we just "washed" his shirt in a public bathroom and put it right back on him. It was dry in 10 minutes, and he got a little relief from the heat as well.

Almost as impressive as the actual idea of just washing Micah's shirt was seeing Luanne refuse to pay the fee for getting into the bathrooms and just walking past the guy. My heart skipped a beat, and I fell in love all over again.

On the way out of the last monument we decided to video tape the trip from the gate to our car. This is a short piece of the clip that shows us trying to get back into the car. It's not Academy Award material, but I think you'll get the idea. Feel free to ignore my obnoxious narration.