And the Week Begins

We drove to the house in Seagrove Beach on Monday. We found Stephen hobbling around with a sore ankle and someone came up from the beach and said they thought Brian had broken his arm. They both had been using a Skimmer Board. I guess they forgot that the water recedes and the board then stops in the sand and they didn’t. (Tuesday they took Brian to the emergency room and he had a sprain.) Ted left with Eddie for the golf course. A thunderstorm started so we figured they would be back soon and they were. The weather cleared but they decided to try Thursday instead of returning to the course.

We had some lunch and then went to the beach. Fishing was difficult because the wind and waves kept dragging their lines back in. While casting, both Stephen and Eddie caught seagulls that were trying to eat the bait. This necessitated throwing a towel over the bird to get the hook out. We did see some dolphins jumping into the air not too far out and that was neat to watch.



Eventually the guys played a game of touch football, the old guys (Ted, Tim and Eddie) versus the young guys (Ronnie, Landon and Stephen hopping around on his sore ankle). I’m not sure who won but there was a lot of rolling around in the sand by them all.




Eddie was given grill duty for dinner and he had piles of meat to cook. Six of us had bought steaks for ourselves and there was a huge pile of pork chops for all the others. Ted’s steak ended up in the sand and had to be washed off and put back on. Unfortunately he saw it but just laughed. I was in charge of baking the potatoes and the rest made beans, salad, bread and set the table. There were 15 of us for dinner and it got real quiet once the food was on the table. Everyone was busy eating.

The kids turned off the two Wii sets they had so the Bengals playing Green Bay could be watched by the fellows. I got caught up on my computer since the house has wifi and at half time we came home.

Ted and I drove to the Fort Walton Beach airport Tuesday morning so he could fly to Fort Worth. This problem has been on-going since we were in Ohio. He ordered paper made to certain specifications and it had arrived and was ready to run. I stopped at the Silver Sands Outlet Mall and walked around. My only purchase was seven Lenox Christmas ornaments for Kara’s all-Lenox Christmas tree. The kids called after dinner and said they were going to the dog track. Severe thunderstorms were predicted and I didn’t want to be driving in the dark, in the rain on unfamiliar roads so I passed. Ted called and said the afternoon paper run had gone well. Maybe we’re seeing the light at the end of the tunnel on this.

I was awakened around 6:30 by a storm that was buffeting the trailer. It didn’t last long but it was intense. At 7:00 the phone rang and it was Vicki checking to see if I was OK. They are about 10 miles east of me and when the storm got there everything on the porches had blown away.

Ted called when he was on his way to the Fort Worth airport. I checked and there was a 2:25 flight earlier than his 3:45 flight so he was able to catch that. Eddie called to say that we were all going to the Crab Trap in Destin to celebrate Cindy, Landon and Ronnie’s birthdays. I told them that we would meet them there.

The restaurant is on old Hwy. 89 that runs along the beach. We found it but it was only 5:30 and they weren't coming until 7:00. The restaurant would not accept a reservation and said by 7:00 it would be an hour wait. Ted was tired and hungry so we called and said we were going to eat early and would see the kids tomorrow. We stopped at Applebee's and then headed back to the RV to watch the Olympics.