A Lazy Sunday Afternoon

After church today I headed downtown. The weather was perfect- 80 degrees, the sun was shining and there was a slight breeze. I parked on at Boathouse Row (see left picture), grabbed my 1970's yellow-flowered blanket and found a grassy spot in the sun. I read Girl Meets God in-between dozing on and off.

Bethany and Rachel joined me two hours later. We rested on my blanket for a while and then Rachel and I checked out the waterworks (http://www.fairmountwaterworks.org/) and walked up to the art museum. The girls left soon after to take Rachel to the airport.

Bethany, Rachel, Monica

I put on my running shoes and went for a nice long run/ walk downtown. I ran from Boathouse row, past the art museum, up the steps (like Rocky) and down the Ben Franklin Parkway, around Love Park (http://philadelphia.citysearch.com/review/11568924) and back to my car at Boathouse row. The weather couldn't have been better for a run and my shins felt fine. I felt God's presence with me as I ran. The joy in my heart could only come from my heavenly Father.

The Philly art museum became famous after Sylvester Stallone ran up these steps in Rocky

Logan Circle with City Hall in the background