Richmond Day 8 - Maymont

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August 17, 2015

Virginia is for Lovers!

Breakfast was great again!  After breakfast, we headed over to Maymont Park.  We thought that the kids would enjoy the Children's Farm.  The farm is great and is free to visit.  At the farm there are pigs, goats, chickens, a donkey, sheep and some other animals that we didn't see like cows and horses.

It was very hot (in the 90s and very humid) today and Liam (6) was not enjoying the walking.  Most of the farm as you would expect is not in the shade and it cut our visit short.  The kids really enjoyed feeding the goats though.  The farm also has a large garden and while we were looking at the crops, they gave us a bunch of tomatoes and peppers!  (to Fionnuala's delight).

Irish (Gaeilge) at Maymont Park.  Your cow might be black red or dun (brown).

The goats waiting to be fed by visitors

Produce from the park's garden

Liam (6) was really sagging and both kids said that they were hungry so we headed back to Short Pump to the Whole Foods.  When we had visited here before we were very impressed and decided to eat lunch there today.  The kids and I had pizza and Sarah had a salad.  My pizza was the best I've had at a Whole Foods.  An added bonus was the window next to our booth that allowed us to watch the cakes being made.  Fionnuala (3) was so excited by it that she was clapping and jumping.  They also had a water cooler in the dining area, which I had never seen in any of the other Whole Foods I had visited before.  It was nice to not have to buy a bottle of water that the children wouldn't finish.

Sarah wasn't feeling very well and the kids had really struggled with the heat, so we headed back to the hotel to relax.  We didn't do as much today, but the kids had fun and it allowed Sarah some much needed comfort.  We spent some time at the pool once we returned to the hotel.  After we finished at the pool we ordered some pizza, french fries and salads from Picciotti's Pizza off of Broad Street.  Everyone enjoyed the pizza a lot, we were very happy that we decided to give them a try.