A few weeks ago as I was driving through our downtown, I spied a hot dog stand set up on the corner near the rock falls.  I was so surprised by the new venue that I practically got whiplash as I tried to get a better look before crashing into something.  A few days later, on a day just starting to get warm, I talked my friend Nicole and her daughter Sage into joining me and Sophie at the hot dog stand.  I use the phrase "talked into" pretty loosely because it was more like "Hey, want to go to the hot dog stand?" and her response was something like "Okay."

Sage and Sophie enjoyed their hats even more than the actual hot dogs.