Day 3 - Richmond Park

Today was a day of rest. We ventured down to Richmond Park – a large park 3x the size of Central Park in central Richmond, the town we are in. While we thought it would be best to take the bus because it stopped right at the playground, Scott wanted the flexibility of the car in such a large park so we drove. BIG MISTAKE. It was 29 degrees Celsius that day (~84 Fahrenheit) and EVERYONE in Richmond and the other surrounding towns was there. We drove around the park for about an hour looking for parking. Given the size of the park, you would think it had more than 3 parking lots but apparently that was all they had and each was packed. We got to see a herd of Red Deer (they all have huge antlers) just on the side of the road, really not at all concerned about people or cars. We finally found a parking space and we the walked to King Henry’s mound to get a look at London in the distance. Then we walked down the long hill (great sledding hill I would imagine) to the playground where the girls had a blast playing on the stuff that you just don’t see that often in playgrounds anymore. The playground had TWO of those merry-go-rounds like the one at Meadow Lane and a spider web that the kids could climb on.

As we had not had lunch and it was around 3, we decided to walk to the pub across the street from the playground to have Sunday Roast, a traditional meal on Sundays here. It was delicious. Emily, our carnivore, loves the whole concept and wants Sunday roast to be every day. When we arrived home, we discovered that no A/C is actually a big deal when it is 29C outside and the 2^nd & 3^rd floor rooms were unbearably hot. We opened windows but that did not help too much where the girls slept so the girls camped out in the tv room on the first floor, a much cooler alternative. Right before bed, we decided to give my parents a call and then we chatted on Skype. When we went to bed, I made sure all of the windows were closed as there were no screens on any of them and while the bugs are considerably less than home, I wasn’t taking any chances. Scott and I left our bedroom window open in the back because it was still so hot up on the second floor. Well the next am, we woke up to a surprise.