100-degree weather is powerful!

But not too powerful to detract from an awesome family reunion at the park! To be fair, it was mostly a sitting-and-relaxing sort of occasion anyway. But socializing is nearly always a pleasant activity for me so the weather is really more of an odd conversational bonus point.

Sometimes we learn about our environment. Sometimes we learn about politics or professional sporting events. Sometimes we simply learn each others names, only to be quickly forgotten among the thickening pile of recently learned-and-forgotten names. I am thankful for such opportunities.