We had decided to make the kitchen, living room and dining room of the girls condo the main gathering place since the living room of the guys condo was a bedroom. So that met all the food was in their kitchen.
I decided to be a good guy and start breakfast for everyone (except John). I started whipping up some scrabbled eggs and frying a pound of bacon. I turned the radio on and started to sing along to Chicago's "Hard to say I'm sorry"
Everybody needs a little time away...I've heard her say...From each other. Even lovers need a holiday...Far away from each other...Hold me now...It's hard for me to say I'm sorry...I just want you to stay...And after all that you've been through...I will make it up to you...I promise you. And after all thats been said and done...You're
just the part of me I can't let go
I'm still laughing just thinking about this. I kind of woke everyone up singing really loud. Hey, that's better than banging garbage cans together like John "Master Chief" Vautier. Anyway, (I'm still laughing) breakfast was good and then we hit the pool. Marco Polo anyone?
We had heard about Ship Island Excursions and decided that it was a good way to spend a few hours. We made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for everyone and headed out. The dock was only abour 8 miles away and we were going to catch the 12 noon boat.
Ship Island is owned by the National Park Service and family owned business has the rights to ferry people out to the park. It's about a 45 minute ride out there. The folks found out we were a volunteer group and gave us $60 worth of umbrella and chair rentals. That turned out so nice.
The island is maybe 2 miles all the way around and there are no trees. It was all sand with some long grassy parts in the middle. IT WAS HOT! I'm so glad we had beach umbrellas to get relief. Sam, Ahmin, and Ben never left the water. I'm pretty sure they were swimming from 1pm to 4pm. I'm glad they were having so much fun. They were catching hermit crabs and letting them crawl around their hands.
The highlight was when the dolphins came. Probably about 6-8 dolphins kept swimming back and forth, parallel to the beach. Ben and I swam out and got with 40 feet of them. Amazing!!!
We all left a bit more red then when we got there. But it was still a very good time. We got back around 6pm...time for a Barbeque. John was on the grill and Ally made the hamburger patties. It was more food then we could eat. Even for "Hoover"!
That night some went to the beach, others went to the pool/hottub and some watched TV???? I couldn't believe it...but it was their day off. Around 12:30am Ben, Josiah, Sarah, Ally, Sean and I drove to the Waffle House. It was may too busy so we stopped by McDonalds. I think we finally called it a morning at 2am.
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