I see something WAY-Y-Y-Y out there. Ya'll see it too? ........................................................................................................................ 🕯
It was faint but it's a little stronger now - it's the "light at the end of the tunnel". It's getting closer and closer. Meaning this beach vacation is almost over (I haz the sadz).
This has been the fourth day or so this week of going to sleep looking at the next day's forecast and it shows 35-55% chance of rain hourly so you doze off thinking it won't be a good weather day. Then you wake up and check it and it's 10-15% every hour and turns out to be absolutely wonderful all day. Today was like that. It's a very pleasant day.
Here's me in #5 and BishopArc in #4 in the background.
After breakfast and a girl's run to Wal-Mart, I pulled out the puzzle table and opened up the case. The silent alarm call went out and Arc/DW were soon working on it with us. The three girls ended up doing quite a bit of it this morning while Arc and I supervised. It's nearly done.
I know I said in an early post that we were going to do burgers one night but it's the last day here for both of us and it was much easier to say, "hey Arc, let's try someplace new for lunch" and he was game. So we went to a new place (within the last two years) called Picnic Beach down by Souvenir City near the Tee. It's the old Ribs & Reds building that used to host the local Valentines 5k every years. PB keeps that bbq history with a number of bbq flavored items on menu plus pulled pork and brisket, sausages, and more. The design is casual fast ordering - place your order at the counter, get a number and take a seat, and the food is brought out to you quickly.
Of course, being named Picnic Beach means having several white picnic tables to sit at (indoor and outdoor seating).
My DW got the Picnic Nachos with pulled pork (and purple chips) off the appetizer section of the menu:
DD got the Gulf Bowl with vegetables, chicken, brown rice, and the avocado upgrade ($1 extra).
I got the bison burger which had cheese, bacon, french fried onion straws, and bbq sauce (it's not often I see bison on the menu).
It was all good but the three of us decided DW's nachos were the best out of our selections. The girls wanted ice cream after and wanted to drive through McDonald's but they had no hot fudge, no chocolate syrup, no nuts (not for years), no chocolate ice cream, only vanilla ice cream (which they got). And a 70+ year old lady guarding the door counting how many people were allowed inside and it was obvious she loved the authority that role gave her.
Later.
Bama Ed
PS - Time for an afternoon nap before resuming the completion of the puzzle. Then maybe the Pass, eating whatever leftovers for dinner that I don't want to carry home, and then packing up tonight all that I can to make the quick getaway in the morning.