Last weekend we headed down to Winston, Oregon, to go to the Wildlife Safari. We drove down to Roseburg and spent the night there before heading a bit farther southwest to Winston the next day. What should have been a fairly uneventful night, ended up with Henry getting VERY ill through the night - throwing up with a high fever. Once we finally got some Tylenol in him and relieved his fever, we were able to get a couple hours of sleep in the early morning hours. Surprisingly, Henry seemed to feel a lot better and we still made it through the safari. He clearly was not feeling 100%, but still had a great time seeing all the animals. I remember going to the Wildlife Safari when I was a kid myself, but it was really cool to see again - I definitely recommend it as an easy trip from Portland. We saw way too many animals to list here, so I'll just share a bunch of the pictures instead! Henry made it home without incident (slept most of the way, thank goodness!), but then got sick again the next morning. I got sick a few days later with what I presume to be the same thing he had, and boy oh boy, I don't know how he managed to enjoy himself to the extent he did, because I felt absolutely terrible. He's one tough kiddo!
Finally we got some hot weather and it, coincidentally, coincided with the 4th of July. What luck! We spent the morning bumming around downtown, walking, riding MAX and ending up down at the waterfront where it was already starting to get crowded with people saving spots for the fireworks later that night. Henry fell in love with the fountain down there and I think would have stayed and played in it all day if we let him. Later that night, we did some fireworks at our place with Gigi and Bumpa. Henry loved the sparklers, the rest he also liked, but could have done without the loudness!
