By the time we finished up a bit of Spring cleaning this morning, the day became too beautiful to ignore. We dropped off some junk at Goodwill and headed north to Peekskill. We originally wanted to hit Annsville Preserve Park, a neat, out of the way waterfront park we discovered last weekend with Grandpa, but our stomachs were grumbling. We had a bite to eat at the Peekskill Brewery (sliders, BBQ chicken, lemon-Parmesan fries) and discovered a great playground along the Hudson River nearby. That's all Mercer needed to see.
The position of the park along the river is really beautiful. Looking north, you can see the Hudson curve toward Bear Mountain. Looking south, you see the Indian Point Nuclear Reactor. If anything bad happened here, lots of people are going to pay the price.
I have no idea what this thing is below. Probably a mine of some sort. I do know that this kid nailed his head on this thing a millisecond after this picture was taken.
After a quick bathroom break, it's back to the action:
A mosaic of the Hudson River Valley near the bathrooms:
If you were wondering, the official color of his shirt is "celery."
We finally made it to Annsville Preserve, which was only just up the road. Not much fun for kids, but a nice little walk.
Here, Mercer and his new dragon are talking to a ladybug, who was apparently very shy:
Mercer was exhausted after all this. We got Mercer home and showed him he had a splinter in his hand. That didn't go over well. Many tears, a thrown remote control, and a pair of tweezers later, the splinter is out and Mercer is calming down in an early bath.
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