13: A Beach Line-up
1. Here at Bethany Beach, we went to a restaurant to eat dinner last night and there was line (see above).
2. The night before, we went to another restaurant to get some fish tacos and had an entertaining view of below.
3. They want to eat too.
4. After seeing Sarah McLachlan’s Fumbling Towards Ecstasy 30th Anniversary Tour at The Merriweather Pavilion, I can’t get this song out my head all week.
5. Another day, another pool.
6. And a pool party.
7. Is sufficient a mutant plural of efficient?
8. The origins of the corn hole game are vastly unknown. Originally corn was utilized more often as a weight rather than a food because of its abundance. The game began its popularity in the midwestern states comprised mostly of farmland because, you guessed it, more corn. However, the game Cornhole emerged as a favorite pastime in Cincinnati about 15 years ago and soon spread like wildfire to back yard barbecues, beaches, breweries, and campgrounds across the United States. Cornhole has become so popular that the American Cornhole Organization’s World Championships of Cornhole X have even received airtime on ESPN… More HERE.
9. Another day another beach.
10. We didn’t see kites like we did in 2006 but we did see dolphins.
11. I call this ‘Carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders,” taken after learning the news about the Supreme Court ruling overthrowing the central premise of American democracy: that no one is above the law, the very thing our founders were afraid of, which is why they created checks and balances that the court just removed in Trump v United States.
12. Because of #11 I don’t want to celebrate July 4th this year, but if I see fireworks I won’t look away.
13. I call this “We’re running out of time.”
______Thirteen Thursday
July 3rd, 2024 9:42 am
What a great 13! Nature and animals are so significant in this post! Love it!
11,12 &13 are very poignant to me!!
July 3rd, 2024 4:41 pm
I first heard of Cornhole like a year ago. I have never seen it played, so I have no idea what the rules are. I’m sure I’ll learn eventually.
Canadian geese. Yikes. Those critters are so obnoxious… We have some that live in our complex (from about January until about now). I haven’t seen them in two days. Have they migrated already? Fingers crossed…
Romancing the Vote is doing their election year auction right now (https://www.romancingthevote.com/). They support voting rights organizations in places that need it. It’s a little thing, but it’s something in a time when we need to fight back as much as we can.
July 4th, 2024 6:36 am
You are certainly doing a lot of traveling. I’m glad you are enjoying yourself. There isn’t much to celebrate this 4th, but we need to pull ourselves back up and get to work, whatever that looks like.
July 10th, 2024 1:18 pm
We did a lot of beach hopping as well the July 4th week and saw sand sculptures and beach games (including many cornhole competitions) everywhere we went ..
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