I’m not 100% sure the reason, but there was a neighborhood event tonight. It was called “National Night Out”. I saw a sign advertising it yesterday. This morning the radio was talking about it. I think it is a chance to get to know your neighbours and/or your law enforcement. Honestly, I didn’t care. I stopped listening after I saw that “Frosted Betty dessert truck” would be there.
I dragged my wife out to the park where it was happening and we bee-lined to the dessert truck. It was her birthday, but she was very supportive of my dessert needs. I was able to get a brownie and she got a cupcake. And then we discovered we could get multiple. Thankfully, my wife doesn’t like sweet things, so I now have desserts ready for the rest of the week.
The local constables were there, showing off their cars with flashing lights. We talked to them a bit. One of them had been in the army for 14 years and he looked very intense.
The highlight of the whole evening though were the dogs. Apparently they had found two stray dogs wandering about. So they had put them in the back seat of their car as they tried to find their owners. The windows were open, but there were bars preventing them from escaping. So everyone was lining up to pet and give ear-scratches to these friendly dogs. I think the constables were a little jealous of all the attention the dogs were getting.