This weekend a bunch of ships sailed up the Hudson to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's discovery voyage. There was a big celebration held on a point near us to watch the ships come in with bands and food and hula hoops. (Hula hoops? What is going on? Must be some kind of trend.) We went down and Lowell was instantly drawn to a shallow bank where there was a beach of mud and rocks due to low tide. He and a bunch of his fellow hooligans spent hours mucking in the silt. I was focusing on keeping Willa from throwing herself off the end of the beautiful, but treacherous art installation/pier so I didn't really see the extent of the mucking. When I finally caught up with Lowell he was basically a walking Super Fund Site. (The picture really does not do justice the extent of the muddiness, it was ridiculous.) Although part of me wanted to rush him home and give him a Silkwood-esque shower I just made do with some baby wipes and then Matthew handed him a chocolate ice cream sandwich to smear all over his face and complete the look. I'm sure he'll be fine, since the Hudson is soooo clean now. Maybe we'll be lucky and he'll just end up with some cool mutant power.
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June 10, 2009
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Posted by: Deanna | June 10, 2009 at 01:16 PM
Polychlorinated biphenyls. Loads of them in the lower Hudson thanks to GE manufacturing plant dumping waste for years. Carcinogenic, toxic, etc! They are just about to start dredging the river to try tp remove them. I wonder if there are PCBs in PCB? Probably, they are everywhere.
Posted by: LetterB | June 10, 2009 at 01:24 PM
awesome pic
Posted by: Jill from langerloksh | June 10, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Ah, innocence. My little ones are always eager to jump into the Hudson on hot days and splash around. But I rather enjoy their hair, and flawless skin...and functioning organs. lol! I'm sure he'll be fine...cause like you said, "The Hudson River is ooohhh so clean now." lol. Wonder what those swimmers really feel like after their races? Has anyone ever seen them again? (Cute pic, BTW-He's adorable).
Posted by: NYCity Mama | June 14, 2009 at 09:37 PM