Recap of a Full Weekend

Wow, it was a busy weekend.



Frederick Meijer Garden's Iris Show was the first event of the weekend. I was expecting, well, a garden full of irises. Instead, it reminded me of an art gallery showing. Fifty perfect hand picked irises on display, not the thousand I thought would be waiting for me. Irises in vases, not planted in the ground, inside a building, not outside in the sun light. Different, not bad or good, just different.



I call this one "Swimming with Mom". The irises didn't turn out to be the experience I expected, but I also got to spend the Meijer Garden experience with my mom. The Iris Show was the reason, but the day's reward turned out to be watching these baby geese run around.



Next, was opening day for the Kalamazoo Kings. Last year, I had a number of very memorable visits to the Kings games with friends and family. This year, the plan is to watch many more games. Opening day proved to a perfect evening to watch a baseball game. The Kings started the game very slow, but they got it going in the later innings to make it a fun game and also a win. The Sunset turned out to be decent as well.



End of Saturday / Start of Sunday



Sunday was decided to be zoo day. Are those baby prarie dogs cute or what? I bet the cats would even love to play with them. I don't think I'm going to renew my Binder Park Zoo Membership this year, so figured I better use what's left of it. I think Binder Park is a great zoo, but it's also something I didn't visit often last year. Think my support is going towards the Kalamazoo Kings for a season.

That night, it was back to the ball park to catch another game. Just like the first game, the second one turned out to be just as exciting. I'm not going to leave happy this season if I don't walk out of the stadium with a caught foul ball. I did make a great left handed catch of a water bottle tossed in the croud, but as of yet, no ball has come close enough for me to bare hand. Wonder how this dirt tastes?



Monday wasn't as exciting, but Becca and I headed out first thing in the morning after some FTF (first to find) caches. Five were out there, we only ended up getting one, we came in second on all the other ones. It actually turned out kind of funny as we met up with the guy who got the other four and got to visit with him for a short time. One of these days, I'll make a Geocaching entry, but until then, here's a link to my profile:



Rest of the weekend was spent cooking out with friends in traditional Memorial Day fashion. That wraps up a very busy weekend.