Vacation day 3

This afternoon we drove around to a couple of garage sales (missed the big Lego stash at one but found 18 random pieces at the bottom of a box and got them to a coin) then went to a solstice party in the park that my brother-in-law had some passes to. It was very family oriented with a big main stage for a concert and lots of kids stuff. William got multiple tries on a portable climbing wall. It was about 25-30 meters high with all the safety stuff and proper staff and a waiver form that we didn't read. He gave up after the first try but tried again and, with a bit of coaching and encouragement, made it to the top. He then went to the top of the medium difficulty wall twice. By the end I knew he couldn't do it again, he could barely hold the rope to come back down. He was exhausted and delighted.
William stayed home this evening and watched "Return of the Jedi" with my sister as I took my niece and two of her friends to the Serena Ryder concert. It was good but none of us were highly engaged and decided to go for ice cream / slurpee mixtures at the A+1 store, instead of waiting three hours for fireworks. A good choice.