Frank,
Did you realize that public high school starts in mid-July now?
As in school next year will actually start August 7 and since DD is marching band, the band camp starts about 3-4 weeks before that. So we are on vacation LOCKDOWN after about the 4th of July.
I have been trapped into travelling to Disney whenever the school calendar says I could for SO long (oh sure, when they were little we pulled them out but now they are so tied in to activities like band, etc that they don't DARE want to miss one).
But hey, DD only has two years till she's off to college then Mrs. Bama ED and I will be FREE to come to the Fort during low attendance periods like August, early December, early February, etc. Maybe by then I'll have a new trailer for just the two of us too.
So it's a little too soon for me personally to contemplate something like this now but it won't be for long. And in true redneck fashion, I would like to add another activity - this one comes courtesy of the Flora-Bama, a fine establishment on the beach at the FLA-AL state line (hence the name). They have a Mullet Toss where you stand in Florida, run up to the state line which is etched in the sandy beach, and heave a dead fish (mullet) into Alabama as far as you can. Since you are a fisherman, I think this might appeal to you. Any fish caught in the Fort canals can be thrown for distance and the winner gets a prize. But being the sophisticated Tennessee resident that you are, I'm afraid that you might look down on us Bammers.
If it's any consolation, Mrs. Bama ED disapproves of the Mullet Toss and the Flora-Bama establishment as well. She can be mighty high-falutin' some times.
Bama ED
PS - I will admit to having been to the Flora-Bama once. Well, maybe twice...
Some memories are fuzzy....
