Sunday, April 08, 2007

Easter on the Beach.

Sonya heard that is was the coldest weekend on the Alabama Gulf Coast in twenty years. I believe her.

Highlights of the trip:


  • Cane's for dinner in Hattiesburg on Thursday night!
  • John and I went to McDonald's Friday morning, then to the tackle shop for bait and the dock behind the city playground for some fishing. The wind blew John's hat off twice, and we ran down the dock chasing it. The fish were biting, but they were tiny fish who would eventually chew my shrimp to bits without getting on the hook. We got cold and left.
  • Friday afternoon we went to the beach. It was cool and breezy, but nice. John played with some other kids and eventually led me into the water up to my knees. The water was really cold, but not as cold as the wind. Tough choice.
  • The whole purpose of the trip was a wedding, and that was Friday evening, at sunset, on the beach. The wind blew the rose petals away, but other than that is was lovely. Then everyone went inside for the reception. The kids ran wild, the adults got drunk. It was great.
  • I forgot to take a hat, so I had to go buy one. What does it say? "Spring Break 2007." 'Cause I was there to party, dude.
  • We went here on Saturday, and it was great. A roadside attraction in a mall.
  • Saturday afternoon there was an egg hunt on the beach, complete with an appearance by the Easter bunny. Later (and out of costume), the bunny was in charge of cooking the meat for the big dinner.
  • Most everyone was pleasingly horrified by how rare the steaks I cooked for me and Sonya were. Sonya cut hers open and shrugged. "It could be rarer," she said.
  • We got a big bag of royal red shrimp on the way out of town. Good eats.
  • John made the trip there and back without one toilet-related accident. Did we have to make lots of stops? Yes! But John likes peeing outside anyway, so I'd just open his door, stand him beside the car and tell him to water the grass.

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