Got my comic posted in the early morning before Fred got up, then I made him an Ivy shirt and he wore it to Kanapaha Gardens, where we looked at wonderful plant life and stuff. I love it there. It is so cool. We saw these lilypads that looked like gigantic serving platters, and these loofah plants that looked like gigantic hanging zucchini or something (Fred pretended to eat one), and we saw a couple snakes and lots of bugs and some birds. And trees. I like trees.
Butterflies
Butterflies
Kanapaha Gardens
Giant leaf at Kanapaha Gardens
Fred pretending to eat a plant
I paused for a nap in the clubhouse and then we went to Beef ‘O’ Brady’s for food–I got a macaroni kids’ meal for the 12 and under crowd. Hey, I wear kids’ clothes, I take children’s dosages of medicine; why not eat their portion sizes too? It was great.
Mac N Cheese
We went BACK to the Gardens and moseyed, and when we came back we watched another Shinobu after making quiche crust dough to chill. I napped and he went to the pool again, and then he came back and showered and we made the rest of the quiche together. After we ate it, we called and harassed Jes because we wanted to find out what she was doing that night and be part of her night o’ weirdness, and so that was cool ’cause we actually got her. After that I read Phred some fun stuff from my secret character files and then we started watching The Dark Crystal. He got to see why some people have pointed out my resemblance to Kira. Har. I’m a muppet.
We decided to go to Sedona on my second day in Phoenix. Halfway there we stopped at this “historical Fred place”: The Coffee Pot Restaurant, where they have omelets you can order by the number!
Historical Fred Place: Coffee Pot
Coffee at Coffee Pot
Now just a bunch of pictures of me walking around in the desert trail in Sedona:
Fred and me right before we took off down the river!
Before canoeing
It’s a gator we saw on the river!
Gator
This is another gator. Actually I took a bunch of shots of gators but not all of them are that interesting so I just put the two best ones.
Gator
We ran the canoe onto the bank on purpose so we could have a picnic. This is me and my mommy relaxing.
Mom and Ivy picnic
This is what my mom described as the “big honkin’ tree” that we used as our landmark to find the picnic place. (It was pretty honkin’.)
Big honkin tree
We’re shoving off to paddle the rest of the trip; me and Mommy in the canoe.
Mom & Ivy canoe
There was some awesome scenery on the Hillsborough River! Lookit how the reflections are in the water.
Nice scenery
A pretty bird in a picturesque scene!
Nice nature
WOW. Look at that reflection. It totally bowled me over, I’m glad the quality translated to digital format.
Nice nature
At the end of our trip, we spotted this WILD CHICKEN. Also known as gator food. Heh.
A wild chicken
I met my friends at Beer Belly’s, where some came for the beer and some came for the karaoke. (Guess which reason was mine?) Here we have me, Phil, Steve, and Meghan.
Phil, Steve, Meghan at Beer Belly’s
Same people as above except now you can see Ammy. We’re trying to decide what to sing. (Steve is only concerned with getting shitfaced. Which he did well.)
With Ammy, Phil, Steve, Meg, 7/2003
Ammy, me, and Phil. Probably saying or doing something goofy.
Ammy, Ivy, Phil at Beer Belly’s
For some reason this is what my mom did when her picture was taken at the karaoke place.
Mom licks her drinks
It’s Ammy singing karaoke.
Ammy sings at karaoke
Fred’s turn to sing!
Fred sings at karaoke
It was so special that I had to have two pictures. 🙂
Fred sings at karaoke
Here’s me singing karaoke, from far away.
Ivy sings at karaoke
Meghan’s turn to sing! She is a doll.
Meghan sings at karaoke
Phil’s turn. My mom forbade him to sing the song “Chef’s Salty Chocolate Balls” this time, so he ended up singing Adam Sandler’s “Ode to My Car.” Just as raunchy. You can tell from his hand gesture.
