First River Swimming

Tokyo continues to be exceptionally hot with no sign of summer heat easing.
We were fed up with the city heat so
 we decided to go to the upstream of Tama River in the suburb of Tokyo for a picnic.

There Angie can try river swimming for the first time.

Tokyo city westie standing still, she is not sure what she wants to do.

She gave it a try with me.
The water was very fresh and cold.

She had enough with the first swim and....

Eagerly heading back to our tent...lol 

We had picnic lunch in the tent, 

and later Angie tried again to soak her feet.
That seemed OK, but she did not want to go further.

  

Back in the tent, relieved and dozing off....

After the picnic, we stopped by at 'Tea Room' by the same river.

The lady owner of the cafe has been working on 15-year old garden.

                                     



                                           Afternoon tea

Angie has her smiles again.
Maybe we will try the picnic again soon.