While Lia slept off her 2-month shots, Vivienne and I waited along the highway in the McDonald’s parking lot for the Barnum and Bailey elephants to take their long walk into town. We showed up at 5 (most people claimed their spots at THREE THIRTY!); the elephants didn’t show up ’til 6:30, so we…

Ate top-rate food…

Chewed on plastic straws…

Watched the cars zoom by…

Took pictures of McDonald’s parking-lot dirt-clumps…

Met a shadow…

Danced…

And shared boo-boo stories with new friends.

Until finally the animals paraded by…

…and then they were gone.