I missed all of you guys too...had a great time at the coast. And
actually have one funny story to tell.
If some don't know the Northwestern coast is known for it's wind...we
have a place called the "Gorge" where it is said to have the best
windsurfing around...and it is the only place Ozzy Ozbourne will play a
concert around here (what he has to do with this story...I don't
know...but that is just a fact...and plus we love his show on MTV and
are so happy they are filming another season...but back to the story)
so it was really windy and the kids wanted kites. So we bought each of
them a $3.95 kite and they were having fun flying them for
awhile...except for our middle daughter who didn't care..even though it
broke three times and we had to keep fixing it.
So anyway...i was bringing the one in due to the fact they all just had
to go and ride the bumper cars again...it was about 50' in the air when
I started and when I had it down to around 20' my hand slipped off
the little black handle...and it took off...big time...so here I
am...running like a madman across the beach for this
thing...screaming at people "Grab it Grab it!!"....the just stared at it
and watched the show. Thank god I can run fast (I was a wide out in
football) because this thing was really going.
So I am getting close to this majory huge concrete turnaround and I
have this whole audience screaming "Dive Dive!!!" So I launch myself
about 12 feet horizontally and land right on it...and all these people
are clapping for this insane show they got to see while I am trying to
extract about a pound and a half of sand from my mouth.
A 100 yard idiotic dash and major superman leap and slam for a toy I
could have just let go and bought another. Being a dad is not that
easy sometimes.
Sad thing is is that the battery on the camcorder had run out and
nothing was captured. Oh well...such is life.
Glad to be home though.
Dave