Those 5 puzzle boxes are a good deal in my book, tiggerdad. That's what I've got with me here at GSP this trip. I would enjoy putting that Ratatouille puzzle together.
Yes I do love it when a plan comes together. And I had wished something interesting would happen today.
The plan for today was for a day visitor, our own Flametamr, who came over from Mobile on his day off work to have lunch at the site (take-out naturally) with me. We sipped some adult beverages responsibly and chatted for 4 hours. During the entire time we did maintain social distancing. Joe is a gentleman and 4 hours is not NEARLY enough time to begin to appreciate his knowledge, experience, and story-telling abilities. I got to know him better during my 2017 Halloween visit to the Fort (he is a REGULAR for that event) with my dad and his daughter (the 4 of us in the Halloween golf cart parade). It's a fond memory I have of that trip.
I promised food pix but without the proper presentation (in a restaurant), take-out po-boys on a paper plate or wrapper paper just isn't quite the feast for the eyes. But here they are.
Shrimp Po-boy (no pickle) for Joe:
Oyster Po-boy (all the way) for Ed:
Lots of people rolling in today. Plenty of creaky sway bars making the turn left or right in front of my campsite. The guy waving returning guests through the check-in area said they had 125 sites checking in today. I have neighbors to my waterfront side in #17 (where I watched the sun come up this morning) and in #18 across Live Oak in tiggerdad's spot. They have 6 yippy yappy little dogs in an outside pen that bark at every walker and cyclist that passes by. On a TOTALLY unrelated note, I wonder if the gators in the adjacent lake are hungry for a little furry snack?
Flametamr thinks many of the arrivers today are coming in anticipation of the Govenor's Stay At Home order expiring on April 30 (Thursday coming up) and she will open the beaches effective Friday May 1. I think they are mostly weekenders who will be rolling (and creaking) out on Sunday.
Gonna follow the next night of the NFL draft tonight and then walk over to the Gulf Fishing Pier (and look at the beach) in the morning. Off chance I MIGHT put it off till Sunday.
Before it gets too hot and sunny. Forecast is for a high of 80F tomorrow.
(Cue the puppy dog eyes) :
I hope ya'll appreciate the sacrifice I'm making in even BEING here to bring you this trip report. I mean, seriously.....
Okay. Enough of that.
Little breezy here at 6pm now (weights are working as they should). But it's been a good day.
Bama Ed
PS - watched the guy with the huge trailer try to back into #4 (my Gulf DISmeet site the last few years) this afternoon and it took him SEVEN tries. Flametamr was not impressed and neither was I (only took me two). And that was with Kris running into the blind spot of my mirror when I attempted the first backup...