in which she learns an important lesson about water storage

so last weekend was the seafair pow wow. this was (sadly) the first pow wow i've been to up in seattle. it didn't seem like there were tons of dancers, but there sure were lots of people there.

Some highlights include:

FANCY DANCERS :) -->

I finally learned where Discovery Park is at.

The sunshine.

This kid, who was dancing with some much older competitors, and definitely keeping up. -->

jingles! -->

lowlights:

fry bread line too long:*( (and believe you me, i would wait a LONG time for fry bread)

and this unfortunate happening--one afternoon that i went was super hot. i forgot to bring a drink, and i forgot to bring extra cash. my car--parked about a mile from the grounds. i remember lukewarm 2 L of sunkist in my car. spirits brighten. i remember a juice bottle of water stored in my trunk for emergencies. spirits brighten further. i time my exit so as not to miss boy's teen fancy dance. i trek the mile or so to the car, take a swig of sunkist, and grab the bottle of water in a rush to catch a shuttle that has stopped in the parking lot nearby. back at the pow wow. enjoying the dancing. enjoying the sun. wait, too much sun. enjoying the water. enjoying more dancing. reach for the water. uh oh. something's in the water. something not previously noted. something that didn't come from me drinking it. something that was there the whole time i was drinking it.

there is a spore of moldiness (presumably--no, not presumably. OBVIOUSLY, from the juice bottle not being thoroughly cleaned out) floating in the water like a little black warning label.

UGH.

if you look close, you can see the little dirtbag on the LH side, near the top of the water level. gross.